Rolling Stock Diagramming

DISPO™

DISPO™ is a rolling stock optimisation tool from the same stable as RailSys™(although made available by a different company linked to Hannover University).

For many rolling stock diagramming problems it can produce an optimised fleet plan in under a minute, once the timetable has been imported and the parameters set. This has been particularly valuable in franchise bid work, where many different scenarios can be tested rapidly (for instance the impact on diagrams and train miles of changing depot locations can be tested in a matter of minutes).

In addition to the relatively simple 'single day' diagramming problem, DISPO™ can produce cyclic diagrams for maintenance planning.

Timetables can be imported using the industry standard CIF format and we have produced interfaces with a wide range of timetable packages including TrainPlan™ and CMS™ and onwards to TRACS™. In addition tools have been written to produce detailed statistics on the diagrams created and there are interfaces to Microsoft Excel™ for ad hoc statistical evaluation.