Real-time train and infrastructure updates improve on-time performance and rail utilization
Aging infrastructure and an increasing number of passengers are stressing rail systems around the world. In most cases, building new rail lines is not the answer. Instead, the priority is to optimize existing networks. Today’s rail operators are turning to digital technology to increase punctuality, improve efficiency of heavily used railway networks, generate energy efficiencies (“green rail”) and deliver multi-channel passenger information. Modern traffic management systems can monitor train movements in real time to alert controllers of any potential conflicts. When disruptions occur – perhaps due to weather or required maintenance – these systems allow organizations to successfully re-plan train services quickly.
DXC Technology’s traffic management solution, DXC Rail Control System (RCS), is the smart choice for traffic management. An end-to-end traffic management solution, RCS enables railway staff to control all rail traffic on the network with a single system. It optimizes the use of the existing infrastructure and boosts both the capacity of the rail network and the frequency of services – all without the need for high levels of investment to expand the track network. It generates real-time schedules, calculates future train movements and manages passenger connections in stations. The data output serves as a basis for improved an incident response, monitoring, cost accounting (for example by improved energy efficiency) and quality control.
Business Benefits to SBB
- Increased Ridership by 28%
- Increased Train Path Miles by 10%
- Increased Track usage by 9%
- Decreased FTE in TMS by 22%
- Decreased TMS cost per train path km by 25%
Jointly developed with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the DXC traffic management solution has been used successfully by SBB since 2009 to deliver sustained punctuality and impressive business improvements, notably increasing ridership by 28%, increasing track usage by 9% and decreasing the cost per train path kilometer by 25%.
Why DXC?
DXC has proven experience developing, implementing and maintaining leading edge traffic management technology for major rail customers in Europe for more than ten years. Through our 15-year collaboration with SBB, we bring complementary capabilities and experience in rail operations and technology development. Our holistic approach to traffic management delivers benefits through an effective technology-enabled business change program. Our developers are trained within the SBB Academy, with hands-on experience of working with SBB IT and business. Together, DXC and SBB demonstrate a strong track-record of delivering technology-enabled business change.
Key Features
- New numerical approach in place for forecasting simultaneous train journeys for all trains, with a highly efficient process for calculating the network-wide impacts of delays
- Network-wide, real-time, fully automated conflict solution and rail dispatching
- Network-wide, real-time minimization of train energy consumption for all running trains
- Fast recovery to planned rail operation in case of disruptions or accidents
- Highly precise data fed to passenger information
Key Benefits
- A major step on the road to Digital
- Solid foundation for a modern traffic management organization
- Future-proof solution to handle further increases in traffic
- Proactive traffic conflict detection and resolution
- Better on-time performance
- Ability to run more trains on existing rails
- More accurate communication to travelers
Next steps
Contact us to learn more about the DXC traffic management solution.