TrainPlan
Powerful train planning software that transforms complexity into clarity.
TrainPlan
Build the
Perfect Timetable
The Challenge:
It’s a complex puzzle involving rolling stock availability, driver and crew resources, track capacity, station dwell times, maintenance windows, regulatory compliance and passenger service commitments.
Every decision has knock-on effects. Every constraint creates new challenges. And when something changes, a new service requirement, infrastructure work or rolling stock availability, the entire plan may need to be reconsidered.
Generic planning tools force you to work around their limitations. Spreadsheets become unmanageable. Manual processes are time-consuming and error-prone. Your railway is unique, your planning software should reflect that.
The Solution:
Our TrainPlan Software gives you the tools to model, analyse and optimise your entire railway operation, from strategic timetable design to detailed service planning.
Build timetables that work first time with intelligent constraint checking visual planning interfaces and seamless integration with resource planning.
Three Core Capabilities:
Visual Timetable Design
Create and modify train services using intuitive visual interfaces. See your entire timetable at a glance, identify conflicts instantly and adjust services with drag-and-drop simplicity. Interactive Train Graphs, platform occupation views and conflict detection make planning faster and more accurate.
Intelligent Constraint Checking
Build timetables that work first time. Our software validates your plan against operational rules, infrastructure constraints and anonymous rolling stock and crew capabilities. Validation checking, identify issues before they become problems.
Resource Integration
See how your train plan translates into anonymous resource requirements. Understand rolling stock needs, crew scheduling implications and infrastructure demands before committing to a timetable. Seamless handoff to resource planning ensures your plan is operationally deliverable.
How It Works
Tailored Planning Software
Our TrainPlan software supports your entire planning cycle whilst being configured specifically for your operational reality. Every railway is different, operating rules, infrastructure, rolling stock fleets and service patterns vary enormously.
Define Your Network
Model your railway infrastructure, including stations, tracks, platforms, junctions and speed restrictions. Define rolling stock types, their capabilities and availability. Set operational rules and constraints that reflect your specific operating environment, from minimum turnaround times to platform compatibility requirements.
Design Your Services
Create train services using visual planning tools that provide immediate feedback. Set departure and arrival times, define calling patterns and assign rolling stock types. Our intelligent system validates each decision against your operational constraints, alerting you to conflicts or rule violations.
Optimise & Validate
Analyse your timetable’s efficiency and identify opportunities to improve turnaround times, reduce conflicts or better utilise resources. Run scenarios to test how changes impact the wider network. Ensure your plan complies with all regulatory and contractual requirements before committing to implementation.
Publish The Plan
Produce a single source of truth. Export conflict-free validated timetables to operational systems and hand off resource requirements to crew scheduling and rolling stock management.
Real-World Benefits
Planning Software That Delivers Results
Better planning tools translate into tangible operational improvements and cost savings. Our integrated platform ensures smooth handoffs between planning functions – because train planning doesn’t exist in isolation.
Improved Efficiency
Optimise rolling stock utilisation, reduce empty running and maximise infrastructure capacity. Better timetables mean more efficient operations, increased train-miles with existing fleet and reduced dead-running.
Enhanced Reliability
Build robust timetables with adequate recovery time, realistic turnarounds and contingency built in. Reduce delay propagation, improve on-time performance and enhance service recovery capability.
Faster Planning Cycles
Reduce the time required to develop, validate and implement timetable changes. Respond more quickly to service change requirements, with improved efficiency in planning cycles and faster scenario analysis.
Better Compliance
Ensure all plans meet regulatory requirements and contractual obligations. Compliance checking, reduced planning errors and complete audit trails reduce risk of non-compliance penalties.