Features, Movement Planner System

Freight rail industry is a rapidly evolving sector with freight requirements expected to double in just over two decades. As reliance on freight rail continues to grow, so will the need for increased capacity and efficiency on the rail network. Industry is looking for smarter ways to reduce network congestion and increase capacity without laying new track and infrastructure.

In order to achieve this, railroads are always striving to generate the best plan possible, starting from long term forecasts, down to equipment planning and weekly train schedule generation. But we in the industry know that even the best plan on paper will go through a “reality check” when executed, due to unplanned events like equipment break down, weather, or on-the-road obstacles.

Movement Planner addresses the need for taking these unplanned events into account by quickly re-planning in real time, receiving up-to-date network information and translating them in the most efficient Line-of-Road plan.