D4.1 Integration of Planning Systems

This report constitutes the deliverable D4.1 Integration of Planning Systems of the work package WP 4 Development – Integration of planning systems and processes including cross-border planning. It is based on input from the activities performed in tasks 4.1, 4.2, 4,3, 4.4, and 4.5 including the specification of detailed Use Cases, requirements and interfaces to support and improve the planning process facilitated by network capacity management systems (CMS) used by the Railway Infrastructure Managers (IM) in Europe. The specifications are used for development and set-up of the demonstrations 5.1 to 5.7 of Workstream 1.1. In this context, it will serve as an input document required for the activities performed in the future WP 5 of the MOTIONAL project and the future activities in the next EU-Rail calls to strive for higher TRL and large-scale demonstrations regarding the Technical Enablers:

• TE 1 European cross-border scheduling with international train path planning;
• TE 2 Improved capacity allocation using rolling planning and TTR; and
• TE 6 Integration of TMS with a) yard capacity planning and b) station capacity planning.

Within the context of the WP 4, each partner has described a set of high-level Use Cases and high-level requirements for integration of planning systems with other systems including planning systems of neighbouring rail networks, which contributed to the writing of deliverable D3.1. The D3.1 has been used as the starting point for further analysis, and the resulting Use Case description work in WP4 is documented in this D4.1. Interaction meetings and exchange of material with the System Pillar Task 3 and RNE experts as well as with the Flagship Projects of destinations 3 and 5 helped to achieve the required alignment level. As a result, one or more detailed Use Cases referring to each high-level Use Case of D3.1 were specified based on further analysis. Similarly detailed functional and non-functional requirements were identified and specified which were mapped against the high-level requirements associated with the Technical Enablers 1, 2 and 6.

Hence, this document represents a detailed study in addition to D2.3 and D3.1 including the basis for the development of the WS 1.1 demonstrations

• Demo 5.1 (MERMEC) – Cross-border scheduling.
• Demo 5.2 (TRV/KTH) – Handling both, national and cross-border traffic with focus on cross-border freight trains.
• Demo 5.3 (HACON) – Interfaces for interaction with external national or central planning applications (TRL 6/7); cross-border planning including Short Timetable Planning and process improvement among actors.
• Demo 5.4 (TRV/RISE) – Collaborative yard capacity planning for Technical Enabler 6.
• Demo 5.5 (HACON) – Improved capacity allocation and new processes. Integration of new planning processes and the production of standard reports.
• Demo 5.6 (HACON) – Integration of traffic management system with network capacity planning. The feedback loop between planning and operation will be jointly demonstrated with WP11 (task 11.3)/ WP 12 and WP 13/14.
• Demo 5.7 (HACON, TRV/RISE) – Integration of network capacity planning with yard and station capacity planning. Integration of nodes and lines using specified interfaces.