Railway Project Planning

Learning
Objectives

• Understand the planning

preparation for railway transport.
• Recognize the importance of
railway planning for
implementation.
“If we fail to
prepare, we
prepare to
fail.”
Benjamin Franklin
What is
Planning?
Planning is setting
the direction for
something -- some
system -- and then
guiding the system
to follow the
direction.
What is
Transportation Planning?

A form of procedural discipline that

deals with problem identification,
development of alternatives, evaluation
and decision-making, implementation of
the best transport alternative and
monitoring outcomes.
What is
Transportation Planning?

Transport planning is defined as planning

required in the operation, provision and
management of facilities and services for the
modes of transport to achieve safer, faster,
comfortable, convenient, economical and
environment-friendly movement of people
and goods.
Purpose of
Transportation Planning
➢ Identifying multiple options for transportation.
➢ Identifying outlying problems to a transportation
system.
➢ Identifying possible solutions to those identified
transportation system.
➢ Optimization of existing transportation systems and
structural design.
Importance of
Transportation Planning
Obsolete road designs, roadside hazards, and
substandard road conditions can cause highway
fatalities in different areas of the country. Effective
transport in urban areas is essential to the accessibility
of land, growth of the economy, and the overall
environment of the city.
Transportation
Planning
Goals
Transportation Planning Process
The transportation planning
process has many factors to
consider. Modes of transportation,
infrastructure, technology, demand
and users are all needs to be
considerations for the overall
process.
Transportation Planning Process
1. Situation Definition
2. Problem Definition
3. Search for a Solution
4. Analysis of Performance
5. Evaluation of Alternative
6. Choice of Project
7. Specification and Construction
Urban Transportation Planning
• Urban transportation planning involves the
evaluation and selection of highway or
transit facilities to serve present and future
land uses.
• Urban transportation planning is concerned
with two separate time horizons:
➢ SHORT TERM
➢ LONG TERM
Urban Transportation Planning
➢ SHORT TERM
This type of planning pertains to
different matters regarding transportation
within a certain area that can be
accomplished within three (3) years.
These projects are designed to provide
better management of existing facilities by
making them as efficient as possible.
Urban Transportation Planning
➢ LONG TERM
This type of planning is more structured
and complex. It requires thorough inspection
and planning better than short term
planning. This type of planning usually is
accomplished with five (5) or more years.
 Rail Transport
➢ It is convenient mode of
transport for travelling long
distances.
➢ Its operation is less affected
by adverse weather
conditions like rain, floods,
fogs, etc.
The Railway Planning Process
The Railway Planning Process
Strategic Level - problems are characterized
by lengthy time horizons and typically involve
resource acquisition.

➢ Network Planning
➢ Line Planning
The Railway Planning Process
Strategic Level

➢ Network Planning
Central to the network planning phase of
this planning level are problems which
concern the construction, and/or
modification of existing infrastructure.
The Railway Planning Process
Strategic Level

➢ Line Planning
A line in a railway network refers to a route
that starts and ends at a terminal station,
connects several intermediate stations, and is
operated by a particular train type. The
frequency of a given line is the number of
trains serving it over a certain time period.
The Railway Planning Process
Tactical Level - problems focus more on
allocating resources over an infrastructure
that is assumed to be fixed.

➢ Timetable Generation
➢ Rolling Stock Schedules
➢ Crew Schedules
The Railway Planning Process
Tactical Level

➢ Timetable Generation
The problem of determining the arrival and
departure times for a set of trains at a
sequence of stations is commonly referred to
as the train timetabling problem. Depending
on the nature of the underlying network, this
problem does present itself in several different
forms.
The Railway Planning Process
Tactical Level

➢ Timetable Generation
The problem is termed the train pathing problem, or
the train scheduling problem, and not without
confusion, the train dispatching problem. In such
problems a routing of the trains is equated with a
feasible so-called meet/pass plan in which trains are
scheduled to stop at stations to allow trains to share
the infrastructure or even overtake one another.
The Railway Planning Process
Tactical Level

➢ Rolling Stock Schedules

The type and quantity of the engines and
carriages to be used, and the more detailed
routing is made in the rolling stock schedules. The
efficient use of the rolling stock is important,
especially for commercially oriented railway
operators, since it is one of their largest cost
sources.
The Railway Planning Process
Tactical Level

➢ Crew Schedules
The journey of the trains, also of the empty trains
or equipment between stations, are split into
sequences of trips. A trip is a segment of a train
journey that must be serviced by the same crew,
without rest periods. The problem of crew
scheduling deals with the construction of duties
from a given collection of trips.
The Railway Planning Process
Operational Level - problems are defined to
be those that occur on a day-to-day basis
when operating policies determined at the
tactical level need to be adjusted due to
unforeseen disturbances.

➢ Real Time Management

The Railway Planning Process
Operational Level

➢ Real Time Management

It permanently monitor the real-time railway
processes. If there are neither disturbances
nor disruptions, then there is no need for them
to act. However, if there are delays or
disruptions, then they must reschedule the
timetable.
 “Organizations
are successful
because of good
implementation,
not good
business plans.”
Guy Kawasaki
What is
Implementation?

The process of
putting a decision
or plan into effect;
execution.
What is an
Implementation
Plan?
The implementation plan
facilitates the execution
of a plan, idea, model,
design, specification,
standard, algorithm, or
policy by presenting
clear implementation
steps that need to follow.
Thus, an implementation
plan is the documented
steps you need to take to
successfully achieve your
implementation pursuits.
Guidelines to Ensure
Planning and
Implementation
➢ Involve the Right People in
the Planning Process.
➢ Write down the Planning
Information and
Communicate it Widely.
➢ Goals and Objectives
should be SMARTER.
SMARTER
✓ Specific
✓ Measurable
✓ Acceptable
✓ Realistic
✓ Time frame
✓ Extending
✓ Rewarding
Guidelines to Ensure
Planning and
Implementation
➢ Build in Accountability
(Regularly Review Who’s
Doing What and By When?)
➢ Note Deviations from the
Plan and Replan
Accordingly.
➢ Evaluate Planning Process
and the Plan.
Guidelines to Ensure
Planning and
Implementation
➢ Recurring Planning Process
is at Least as Important as
Plan Document.
➢ Nature of the Process
Should Be Compatible to
Nature of Planners
➢ Critical -- But Frequently
Missing Step --
Acknowledgement and
Celebration of Results.
END OF PRESENTATION