Railway Freight Operations and Management
Course Leader: Dr Marin Marinov
Semester: 1
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Credit Value: 10 CATS (5 ECTS)
Course fee: £1125
Aims
- To introduce the fundamentals of rail freight systems their components and level of performance at large.
- To introduce different operational structures and rail freight management schemes and to analyse the efficiency of railway freight systems.
Outline of Syllabus
- This module is centred on the theory and practice of railway operations research required by railway freight and logistics professionals. This module provides a sound understanding of the operations, management and technology required for sustainable rail freight system design and performance.
Intended Knowledge Outcomes
- Core operational schemes of rail freight systems.
- Introduction of types of production patterns, characteristics, payload, capacity of rail networks.
- Rail freight parameters and standards.
- Purpose, function and requirements of railway freight system design.
- Movement of freight trains in a line and a network.
- Simulation modelling for analysing rail freight systems performances.
- Understand the design and performance of typical rail freight system.
- Understand the components of a rail freight network and its behaviour.
Intended Skill Outcomes
- Effectively design railway freight networks with a focus on the railway business.
- Predict future trends and developments in rail freight.
- Develop management models for reliable railway freight operations.
Teaching methods
- Lectures;
- Fieldwork;
- Independent study.
Assessment methods
- Oral presentation (10%)
- Written examination (20%)
- Design/Creative Project (70%)
