1. RAILWAY INDUSTRY TRAIN PLANNING LEVEL 2 TRAINING
Module 4 - Train Planning (Core Skills)

2. Train Planning Elements
ROTR
ROTP
Point to Point timings (SRTs)
Headways & Margins
Graphs and Timetables

3. More on this Tomorrow Rules of the Route Contains
Location, number, times and duration of major engineering work planned on the track for the timetable in question
Any pre-planned temporary speed and/or other restrictions on the trains
Any alternative routes or stopping patterns which will be necessary
More on this Tomorrow

4. Rules of the Plan
Comprise matters necessary for trains to be planned and scheduled
Timing margins, junction allowances
Timing points – mandatory/conditional
Headways
Station dwell times (min and/or max)
Vehicle restrictions e.g. speed, routing, weight, length
Advice on obtaining freight train loads and lengths
Route opening hours
Does not contain SRTs

5. Point to Point Timings (Timing Load)
Basis of Calculation
Distance between timing points
Speed
Gradients and other geography
Power of train, locomotive, unit
Load of train
Train classification
Additional time for permanent speed restrictions

6. Timing Links come in 4 versions
Stop to Start
Stop to Pass
Pass to Stop
Pass to Pass
Now for an exercise

7. Oxted Line SRTs P/P P/S S/P S/S Oxted to H Green 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
H Green to Lingfield
Lingfield to Dormans
Dormans to E Grinstead (2.0) 3.0 (3.0) 4.0

8. Timing Allowances ONLY AS SET OUT IN RULES OF THE ROUTE
[3] - Engineering
<2> - Performance
(1) - Pathing
{2} - Adjustment
ONLY AS SET OUT IN RULES OF THE ROUTE
ONLY AS AGREED WITH OPERATORS
ONLY TO KEEP FOLLOWING TRAINS AT PLANNING HEADWAYS APART
ONLY AS SET OUT IN RULES OF THE PLAN

9. Headways & Margins
Headway - the minimum time between successive trains travelling “on green signals” on the same line.
Determined by the time taken to travel between two signals (or signal boxes).
Margin - the minimum time between trains at a location where the routing of one train takes it across the path of another.

11. Confliction
Is a situation in which the path of one train runs through the path of another train travelling in the same direction, opposite direction (e.g. single line) and/or at a crossover/junction