Aplicación del enfoque sistémico en el diseño de los sistemas de transporte ferroviario de carga

Abstract

ALTHOUGH THE DESIGN OF THE CARGO RAIL SYSTEMS IS NOT A RECENT TOPIC, THE CONSTANT TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THIS SUBJECT, NEXT TO THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PLANNING TOOLS, NOW A DAY, MAKE IT AN ENTIRE CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVE A GOOD DESIGN AND, CONSEQUENTLY, AN EFFICIENT OPERATION OF SUCH SYSTEMS. A PORTION OF THE PROBLEM DWELLS ON THE FACT THAT REGARD LESS OF HOW MUCH IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION CONCERNING THE PLANNING OF THE OPERATIONS AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE TRAINS, IT HAS NOT BEEN DEVOTED THE SAME EFFORT TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. THE FOLLOWING WORK, OFFERS A GUIDE TO APPROACH THE DESIGN OF A CARGO RAIL WAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, UNDER SOME PREMISES OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, THE NORMATIVE PLANNING AND THE PLANNING BY STAGES. WITH THE FINAL OBJECTIVE OF GUARANTEEING THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE WHOLE DESIGN. IT IS NECESSARY TO HIGH LIGHT THAT THE APPROACH “BY ELEMENTS” THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THIS GUIDE, AIDS ITS EXPANSION INTO THE DE SIGN OF OTHER MODAL SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORTATION AS SUCH KEY ELEMENTS (VEHICLES, ROADS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ETC) ARE COMMON TO ALL SYSTEMS. FINALLY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO HIGH LIGHT THAT AL THOUGH THE ORIENTATION OF THE WORK IS TO WARD THE DE SIGN OF THE NEW SYSTEMS, THE PREMISES AND RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES COULD ALSO WORK AS REFERENCE FOR THE EVALUATION OF VARIOUS REENGINEERING OPTIONS IN THE RAIL ROAD OPERATIONS AL READY ESTABLISHED.