Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 1999, 1(2):9-21 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.1999.2.9-21

Trackage modelling and algorithms for finding the shortest train route

Antonin Kavicka1, Ludmila Janosikova1
1 Department of Transport Networks, Faculty of Management Science and Informatics, University of Žilina, Slovakia

This paper deals with two models of track network in a railway station and algorithms for finding the shortest train route. In the first model - a weighted digraph - two vertices represent a track or a switch track. Edges of a digraph are understood as the possible transitions between tracks. In the second model - a non-oriented edge weighted graph - the edges represent tracks and the vertices match the connections between tracks. Algorithms for finding a shortest route were designed and verified for both models. These algorithms respect rules for the movement of rail vehicles, as well as their length and the occupation of tracks by other rolling stock.

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Kavicka, A., & Janosikova, L. (1999). Trackage modelling and algorithms for finding the shortest train route. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina1(2), 9-21. doi: 10.26552/com.C.1999.2.9-21
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