Designing marshalling yards on the rail network

This graduation thesis covers the design of medium and large marshalling yards including the \ndimensioning of their working parts. Firstly, the thesis defines marshalling yard divisioning according \nto function, design, shape and use of automatic equipment. It furthermore describes the workflow at \nhalf automatic and fully automatic marshalling yards, based on the data for the only Slovenian \nmarshalling yard in Zalog. The next section describes various marshalling yard devices with special \nemphasis on shorter turnouts specific for hump yards, and different brake systems according to the \nyard automatic equipment. The dimensioning of different track groups of a marshalling yard and the \nrequirements for upper and lower track superstructure are defined as a part of spatial placement. \nDifferent track groups with their longitudinal and transverse profile features, ground plans and \nequations for different calculation methods are presented. The latter include the number and length of \nthe tracks, track capacity and their utilization. Where multiple methods of calculation can be used, \nchoosing the right one is defined. The goal of the thesis is to check the existing dimensions of Zalog \nmarshalling yard based on an actual capacity common for the last 12 years. For easier understanding, \nthe role of Zalog marshalling yard is defined within the Slovenian and European rail network. \nDifferent measures for improvements are presented based on the comparison of the existing and new \nmarshalling yard dimensioning data.