Railway Capacity Enhancement with Modern Signalling Systems – A Literature Review

In times of ever stronger awareness environmental protection and potentiation a beneficial modal split, the railway sector with efficient asset utilization proper investment planning has highest chance meeting customer expectations attracting new users more effectively. Continuous increase in demand leads to an infrastructure, inevitable lack capacity, burning problem that many national railways are continually facing. To address it effectively, this paper reviews available methodologies for capacity determination techniques its enhancement recent scientific literature. Particular focus is given possibility increasing through signalling systems installing European Train Control System (ETCS). The most important relationships segments existing research have been identified, line this, directions potential continuation suggested.