Post by igelkotten on Sept 10, 2005 13:20:59 GMT
As part of Banverkets role as Sector Authority responsible for the timetable planning and traffic control on the mainline railway here in Sweden, they publish the complete working timetables for every train (more or less, see below) that runs on mainline tracks here in Sweden. They also publish the graphical timetables used for traffic control and line controlling purposes.
Since these are public documents, they are all available for download from Banverket's website.
The documents for the current planning period, T05.1 are available form this page:
www.banverket.se/templates/StandardTtH____11768.asp
The myriad of numbered pdf-files are the graphical timetables/diagrams, split in geographical areas. The file named "Den grafiska tidtabellens indelning" is a map and key showing the number codes for all areas. Thus, graphical timetable sheet no. 051 covers the area Malmö-Peberholmen, which is the Öresund bridge and the quite lively regional commuter and freight traffic between Sweden and Denmark.
Up in the right-hand corner of the webpage is a set of four links, under the headline "Tidtabellsbok T05.1"
These links gives you the actual working timetables for every train. Note that Sweden uses a system different from Britain's. Here, a train has a certain number, and that number is only used once in the day. Thus, train 2255 might be a Stockholm area commuter train running from Bålsta to Nynäshamn. A few pages later on, you see a train numbered 2258 that departs Nynäshamn for Bålsta shortly after the arrival of train 2255. This is actually the same set of vehicles that has turned around, but since they now form a new movement travelling in a different direction, they are a completely new train.
Exactly what stock goes where and when is something that is determined by the various operator's duty schedules and diagrams, and is not readily apperant by the documents I have linked to above.
Do note that the timetables mostly use station signatures. These are listed and explained in the network statement I have linked to in another post.
These documents show all TRAINS operating on the national rail network. Some railways, such as the Inlandsbanan line and the Stockholm metro, are not part of the national rail network, and thus not shown.
Then there are a lot of movements of rolling stock that is not defined as trains by the rule book. They might be shunt moves, but they might also be "Vagnuttagningar -VUT". This translates roughly as "Stock movement". This is a movement form that is deceptively similar to a train, but has certain special requirements, and does not fulfill some of the requirements for being called a (rule book defined) train. They are considered to have a somewhat lower level of safety, and are normally not used for trains in passenger service.
Some goods-only lines with low levels of traffic have simplified signalling and line control, and operate as "VUT-banor" -everything that moves on them is a VUT, and passengers are not normally carried.
Since these are public documents, they are all available for download from Banverket's website.
The documents for the current planning period, T05.1 are available form this page:
www.banverket.se/templates/StandardTtH____11768.asp
The myriad of numbered pdf-files are the graphical timetables/diagrams, split in geographical areas. The file named "Den grafiska tidtabellens indelning" is a map and key showing the number codes for all areas. Thus, graphical timetable sheet no. 051 covers the area Malmö-Peberholmen, which is the Öresund bridge and the quite lively regional commuter and freight traffic between Sweden and Denmark.
Up in the right-hand corner of the webpage is a set of four links, under the headline "Tidtabellsbok T05.1"
These links gives you the actual working timetables for every train. Note that Sweden uses a system different from Britain's. Here, a train has a certain number, and that number is only used once in the day. Thus, train 2255 might be a Stockholm area commuter train running from Bålsta to Nynäshamn. A few pages later on, you see a train numbered 2258 that departs Nynäshamn for Bålsta shortly after the arrival of train 2255. This is actually the same set of vehicles that has turned around, but since they now form a new movement travelling in a different direction, they are a completely new train.
Exactly what stock goes where and when is something that is determined by the various operator's duty schedules and diagrams, and is not readily apperant by the documents I have linked to above.
Do note that the timetables mostly use station signatures. These are listed and explained in the network statement I have linked to in another post.
These documents show all TRAINS operating on the national rail network. Some railways, such as the Inlandsbanan line and the Stockholm metro, are not part of the national rail network, and thus not shown.
Then there are a lot of movements of rolling stock that is not defined as trains by the rule book. They might be shunt moves, but they might also be "Vagnuttagningar -VUT". This translates roughly as "Stock movement". This is a movement form that is deceptively similar to a train, but has certain special requirements, and does not fulfill some of the requirements for being called a (rule book defined) train. They are considered to have a somewhat lower level of safety, and are normally not used for trains in passenger service.
Some goods-only lines with low levels of traffic have simplified signalling and line control, and operate as "VUT-banor" -everything that moves on them is a VUT, and passengers are not normally carried.
