SUMO for Railway Applications :Enabling railway domain usage by implementing an import interface based on railway data exchange standard railML

Abstract

SUMO is a simulation tool widely used in the road-based transport sector. However, railways play an important role in transport and transportation, too. In order to have a holistic approach in transport system simulation, railway networks and railway operation have to be modelled in a realistic scale and manner. Integrating railway infrastructure and operation with road-based transport system enables SUMO to be used for multi-modal and inter-modal transport system simulations. This paper presents an approach of integrating railway-specific data of infrastructure networks, timetable and rolling stock into SUMO’s simulation environment by implementing a standardized railway data import interface based on the open and industry-driven data exchange standard railML.