The management of assessment and allocation of marshalling yards and designation their catchment areas

Abstract

The paper is focused on the operational model for transport the single wagon consignments on Slovak railway network using time-discrete train formation. The paper gives an overview of evaluation of railway stations by multi-criteria approach. The resulting indicators characterize the station based on evaluation scale. This model is one of the effective ways to meet the development strategy of the EU transport policy. By applying this model in practice, the transport company can guarantee a higher quality of service and expect increasing of transport performance. The model is also applicable to other railway networks. This model supplements a theoretical problem of train formation by new ways of looking at evaluation of factors affecting the organization of wagon flows.