MODELLING, SIMULATION AND CAPACITY-PUNCTUALITY TRADE-OFF SOLUTION

BRENNER (ITALY)

The Brenner railway line represents the main north-south freight corridor between Italy and Europe and it accommodates large freight traffic volumes, which are likely to further increase following the short-term opening of the Brenner Base Tunnel. Such railway network is used also to perform regional services with a regular interval timetable, which the local administration is intended to enhance. In light of this expected growth of both freight and passenger train flows, Lift was engaged in the definition of some scenarios for the technological upgrading of the railway infrastructure.

Our tasks:
- Microscopic modelling of railway traffic from Verona to the Brenner
- Stochastic simulation
- Identification of trade-off solution between capacity and punctuality in relation to traffic increases