The railway industry needs to investigate overall impacts of next generation signalling
systems such as Moving Block (MB) and Virtual Coupling (VC) to identify development …

The current travel demand in railways requires the adoption of novel approaches and
technologies in order to increase network capacity. Virtual Coupling is considered one of the …

Virtual coupling attracts extensive attention from the railway communities due to its
promising capacity increase and flexibility improvement. Accurate control that guarantees …

Railways are the backbone of complex and multimodal transport systems in Europe. To
secure a larger share of the transport market and attract existing and future freight …

This paper presents a virtual coupling (VC) train convoy composition optimization framework
to create a multiple formation structure maximizing the capacity benefit while considering …

Virtual coupling (VC) is a train‐centric next generation signalling system, which can enable
multiple trains to operate in a formation just like one train or decouple separately on‐the‐run …

Virtual coupling uses wireless communication instead of mechanical coupling to ensure that
trains are easily reconnected or disconnected. This technology can shorten the interval time …

This paper investigates the problem of spacing control between adjacent trains in train
formation and proposes a distributed train-formation speed-convergence cooperative …

Virtual coupling is gaining in popularity as a promising development direction to maximize
the rail‐line efficiency by minimizing the headway distance among trains in the presence of …

Virtual coupling (VC) is an emerging concept that is gaining popularity in railway control
systems. It has the potential to significantly enhance railway capacity and flexibility, and has …