The current mobility situation is constantly changing as people are increasingly moving to
urban areas. Therefore, a flexible mode of transport with high-capacity passenger trains and …

The possibility to couple train units into consists, which can be vehicles or platoons, has
been proposed to improve, among other, average passenger speed, energy efficiency, and …

This paper provides a systematic review of emerging control techniques used for railway
virtual coupling (VC) studies. Train motion models are first reviewed, including model …

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 …

This paper developed a parallel computing architecture for high-fidelity virtual coupling
simulations. Multi-body train dynamics models considered various nonlinear components …

Developments in the railway industry are continuously evolving and long-term transition
strategies can enable an efficient implementation of signalling technologies that provide a …

With the increasing complexity of urban rail transit (URT) networks and the revolution of train
control technology, a large number of diverse operation and organization modes have …

Today's railway network capacity is limited by constraints imposed by traditional train
protection systems. A way to overcome those limitations, maximize the railway network …

In the cruise control of the virtual coupled train set (VCTS), the control algorithm with high
stability, high accuracy, and fast convergence speed is the basic requirement for the smooth …

Recently, virtual coupling has aroused increasing interest in regard to achieving flexible and
on-demand train operations. However, one of the main challenges in increasing the …