The Timetable Optimisation for Extreme Weather Events project is taking a significant step towards reducing the negative impact of extreme weather events on the UK Rail Network, minimising delays and improving passenger service. The project was funded by the Department for Transport through Innovate UK’s First of a Kind 2023 competition and saw collaboration with Great Western Railway and Avanti West Coast.
Timetable Optimisation for Extreme Weather Events
When extreme weather hits the UK, Network Rail imposes temporary speed restrictions and line closures across the rail network leaving Train Operating Companies (TOCs) 24-48 hours to respond and create adjusted timetables.
CFMS has built a tool to rapidly generate candidate timetables allowing planning teams to reach a better, optimised timetable more quickly. Leveraging modern optimisation techniques and our secure onsite data centre, we are providing TOCs with a much improved starting point to make decisions about train timetables and the surrounding factors, improving passenger service and reducing delay minutes.
Contact us today to find out how this tool can improve your rail performance.