| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/I010823/1 |
| Title: |
Redundantly Engineered POINTs (REPOINT) For Enhanced Reliability And Capacity Of Railway Track Switching |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dixon, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Electronic, Electrical & Systems Enginee |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
14 March 2011 |
Ends: |
17 May 2013 |
Value (£): |
173,970
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Transport Ops & Management |
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| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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| Panel History: |
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14 Jun 2010
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Railway Capacity Call Interview Panel
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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Points on railway networks enable different routes through the network to be achieved, thereby allowing rail-transport links between many different destinations. However, they are critical parts of the network as a points failure often leads to delays, re-routing and cancellations. Even when fully operational they represent an important capacity constraint because route setting makes assumptions about what would happen in the event of points failure(s) in order to ensure safety.This project will investigate whether so called redundancy approaches that are used in other safety critical situations (like aircraft) can be applied to points for track switching. If successful this will fundamentally change the nature of a junction to comprise multiple sets of points rather than just one single set. The result is that the junction will have some built in redundancy to faults which means higher reliability of the junction and potentially improved capacity. The capacity improvement will come in part from the reliability improvement and in part due to changes in the operating rules of the railway that become possible when the points are redesigned to be more reliable.
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk |