TARO – Simulation of PeopleMover systems on single-track railroad lines

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) is making intensive efforts in the automation and digitization of its rail system. In the project TARO - Towards Automated Railway Operation, ÖBB is bundling R&D projects that make a significant contribution to this. The priorities are on the three topics Digital Twin, Processes and Automated Train Operations. In the Digital Twin area, the goal is to develop a Digital Twin vehicle and Digital Twin infrastructure.  The digital mapping of this infrastructure lays the foundations for the above-mentioned topic area on Automated Train Operations.  
In this project, the Vienna Institute for Safety and Systems Engineering (VISSE) develops a framework for the simulation of PeopleMover systems on single-track railroad lines. Classical safety mechanisms (interlocking mechanisms) are simulated in order to avoid collisions and deadlocks, as well as the allocation of demands to the vehicles (dispatching).
For demonstration purposes, the connection to an already existing railroad model is also designed. This will allow visualization of the developed scenarios and identification of additional user requirements. The simulation will include a real existing railroad line of ÖBB.