A strategy for putting methods in to practice and a formal evaluation of

Abstract

The overall aim of the ON-TIME project is to improve railway customer satisfaction through increased capacity and decreased delays for both passengers and freight. This is achieved through new and enhanced methods, processes and algorithms. This document is one of the final deliverables of the ON-TIME project, and is produced as an output of Work Package 2: Examination of existing approaches and specification of innovations. The aim of the document is to report on ‘How to implement developed methods into practice’ (Task 2.4) and ‘To collect results and evaluate demonstrators’ (Task 2.5). Chapter 2 details the objectives and expected results in the project. The Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) of the project innovations before the project start are described. The four demonstration locations, namely the East Coast Main Line, Iron Ore Line, Bologna Node and Netherlands network are briefly described in terms of their traffic types and levels and infrastructure. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the HERMES simulation platform that has been used throughout the project. The evaluation tool which has been developed to undertake quantitative evaluation of the performed simulations is also explained, together with the measures and processes used to provide a quantitative comparator between solutions. Chapter 4 summarises the innovations developed in the project for methods and algorithms, tooling and system integration. These were specified in the original project proposal, and form the key technical outputs of the project. Each innovation is described in terms of its: (i) objectives; (ii) research activities; (iii) developed algorithms and systems; (iv) tests and demonstrations; and (v) evaluations and results. Chapter 5 explains the demonstration systems, simulations and demonstrations which have been undertaken in the project. Four key demonstrations were selected during the first phase of the project. The specific demonstrators were selected to allow the developed innovations to be tested on a range of scenarios from across Europe. Chapter 6 discusses how the results of the project can be put into practice, while Chapter 7 provides a summary of the research undertaken, the achieved TRLs and future tasks. Chapter 7 summarises the six innovations developed in the project and the demonstration on the Iron Ore Line, Sweden. Each innovation and the demonstration is described in terms of its: (i) state-of-the-art; (ii) research outputs; (iii) deliverables and proceedings; (iv) future tasks.On-Tim