Dept. of Civil Engineering course

This course aims to develop an advanced understanding of public passenger transport system design and operations management. Topics include public transport system concepts: basic bus and rail system concepts; alternative technologies and operating characteristics. Public transport system design: route network planning; service planning; road and rail right-of-way design and vehicle prioritisation; signalling systems; station and interchange design; demand estimation; passenger capacity analysis. Public transport system operations management: service quality assessment, scheduling and rostering; train movement control systems; reliability, disruption and incident management; performance assessment; ridership measurement. Integrated fare structures: integrated ticketing systems; fare structures; fare setting. System maintenance: asset management; vehicle fleet and rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment.