RAILWAY TRACK AND OPERATION DEPARTMENT
Railway Track and Operation Department is active in the following areas:
- Organization and technology of rail transport,
- Permanent way engineering,
- Environmental protection.
Issues concerning organization and technology of rail transport:
- Preparing requirements related to organization and execution of railway traffic,
- Developing methods for efficient support and evaluation of the course of transport processes,
- Preparing concepts for urbanized area traffic services,
- Studies of passenger and freight services,
- Preparing expert opinions concerning rail,
- Projects related to the technology, organization, and logistics in rail transport as well as to the services rendered to the people with reduced mobility (PRM),
- Freight transport and handling techniques,
- Forecasts concerning passenger and freight traffic with the use of specialist software.
Issues related to the permanent way:
- Tests of permanent way and substructure elements,
- Diagnostics of track and its substructure,
- Research projects enabling reduction of permanent way maintenance cost,
- Tests of durability and reliability of permanent way,
- Expert opinions relating to the technical condition of permanent way and rail traffic safety hazards (excluding engineering installations),
- Preparing computerized advise programmes to support decisions concerning maintenance and modernization of permanent way and its substructure,
- Permanent way standardization,
- Tests of products used in the construction of permanent way, necessary to obtain technical certificates issued by the Railway Research Institute,
- Preparation, promotion and implementation of new research methods and engineering solutions.
Issues related to the environmental protection:
- Analysis of possibilities to reduce negative impact of rail transport on the environment,
- Participation in projects on transport development concepts with consideration of environmental protection,
- Preparation and giving opinions on technical standards relating to environmental protection,
- Preparation of methodology for environmental impact assessment reports,
- Preparation of environmental protection programmes in rail transport.
