OpenTrack supports the following kinds of tasks, which will give you the opportunity to optimise your system or take the correct decisions:

• Determining the requirements for a railway network’s infrastructure
• Analyzing the capacity of lines and stations
• Calculation of minimum headways (headway calculation), e.g. using the OpenTrack tool Headway Calculator
• Rolling stock studies (for example, future requirements)
• Running time calculation
• Timetable construction; analyzing the robustness of timetables (single or multiple simulation runs, Monte-Carlo simulation)
• Evaluating and designing various signaling systems, such as discrete block systems, short blocks, moving blocks, LZB, CBTC (communication-based train control), ATP, ATO, ETCS Level 1, ETCS Level 2, ETCS Level 3 (see also: ERTMS), PTC (Positive Train Control)
• Analyzing the effects of system failures (such as infrastructure or train failures) and delays
• Calculation of power and energy consumption of train services
• Simulation of railway power supply systems (using OpenPowerNet)