Reliability of Railway Systems

Farzaneh Nazarizadeh¹ Akbar Alam Tabriz² Reza Naderi Kia³

1) PhD Student, Department of Production and Operations Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2) Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3) PhD Student, Department of Production and Operations Management, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Branch, Tehran, Iran

IOI Code : XDEE-FAHHD
Publication : 17th international Management Conference(17imc.ir)
Abstract :
    The rail system consists of different components with different complexity and needs to ensure the performance of all its operational subdivisions. Reliability is considered as a desirable transportation feature. Improving the share of public transportation, improving efficiency and reliability is a vital strategy for attracting passengers. Failures in rail subsystems disrupt rail industry service revenue or disrupt daily schedule operations; Therefore, railway companies and rail transport companies need continuous evaluation of service reliability and improvement in their activities. Due to the limited budget available, the lack of suitable parts and equipment due to sanctions, maintenance, passenger satisfaction, etc. need to improve the quality of services in the transportation industry and design a reliability model by considering some components. It is important that we do not pay much attention to them at the moment. This article discusses the importance and necessity of examining the reliability of rail systems.

Keywords : “system reliability “ railways industry “ punctuality “ passenger trains