Course detail

Railway Stations

FAST-NNB015Acad. year: 2026/2027

Operating control points and open track, basic terms. Tracks in railway stations, tracks numeration, symbols of tracks, track length, distances of track centre lines.

Basic transport regulations, train diagram, train schedule of railway stations. Time diagram of station operation, track occupation diagram, operating efficiency, making up of trains
Design of railway stops, goods points and operation control points, design elements of railway stations, geometry parameters of trackage. 
Track alignment design parameters in control operation points and other operation points.
Railway superstructure, substructure and its drainage in railway stations
Railway stops, passing sidings, branching points, junctions.
Railway stations – general principles, division of railway stations according to a position in railway network and according to operation character. Railhead stations, intermediate, connection, junction stations, railway junctions, transit and exchange railway stations, transhipment stations.
Platforms, ramps, pedestrian subways and footbridges.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Entry knowledge

Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, railway track design.
Railway substructure, subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of the earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design, the interaction between railway vehicle and track, switches, crossings and turnouts.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of design of railway stops, goods points and operation control points, especially railway stations and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.
A student acquires basic skills in design of railway stops, goods points and operation control points, especially railway stations.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

IŽVOLT, Libor a Stanislav HODÁS. Projektovanie, stavba, rekonštrukcia a modernizácia železničných tratí a staníc. Žilina: EDIS, 2020. ISBN 978-80-554-1703-5. (SK)
IŽVOLT, Libor, Stanislav HODAS a Janka ŠESTÁKOVÁ. Železničné staviteľstvo 1: Projektovanie, stavby a konštrukcie železničných tratí a staníc. 1. Žilina: EDIS, 2015. ISBN 978-80-554-1122-4. (SK)
KUBÁT, Bohumil a Lukáš TÝFA. Železniční tratě a stanice. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2003. ISBN 80-01-02782-1. (CS)
PLÁŠEK, Otto, Pavel ZVĚŘINA, Richard SVOBODA a Milan MOCKOVČIAK. Železniční stavby: Železniční spodek a svršek. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. ISBN 80-214-2621-7. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIK Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme CZV1-AKR Lifelong learning

    specialization PNM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Basic transport regulations, train diagram, train schedule of railway stations.
  • 2. Time diagram of station operation, track occupation diagram, operating efficiency, making up of trains.
  • 3. Design of railway stops, goods points and operation control points, design elements of railway stations, geometry parameters of trackage. Operating control points and open track, basic terms.
  • 4. Tracks in railway stations, tracks numeration, symbols of tracks, track length, distances of track centre lines.
  • 5. Track alignment design parameters in control operation points and other operation points.
  • 6. Platforms, ramps, pedestrian subways and footbridges. Railway superstructure, substructure and its drainage in railway stations
  • 7. Railway stops, passing sidings, branching points, junctions.
  • 8. Railway stations – general principles, division of railway stations according to a position in railway network and according to operation character.
  • 9. Railhead stations, intermediate, connection, junction stations
  • 10. Railway junctions, transit and exchange railway stations, transhipment stations.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Train diagram, train schedule of railway stations.
  • 2. Operating efficiency, making up of trains.
  • 3. Design of railway stops, goods points.
  • 4. Tracks in railway stations.
  • 5. Track alignment design parameters in railway stations.
  • 6. Railway substructure and its drainage in railway stations.
  • 7. Platforms and ramps.
  • 8. Branching points, junctions.
  • 9. Railway stations.
  • 10. Railway junctions.