When: Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 10:00 - 12:00
Where:
May
31

"Route Object in PCS" Workshop number one was organized to present the solution for the implementation of the Route Object in PCS in order to gather opinions from the users. 

What was the trigger to organize this workshop?

The Route object (outcome of the TOM project now part of the JSG Handbook) should have been implemented in PCS as a CR 1443 in Q2 of this year as it was planned for the Roadmap 2022. However, when the PCS team checked the requirements in detail, one basic rule, that says „One sub-path (PR) should only have one Route ID/belong to one Route“, was contrary to the current way of using PCS from the Applicants‘ point of view, meaning the implementation would cause a change in how Applicants structure the Path Requests for some cases of the dossier. 

Therefore, the PCS team decided to put the planned implementation on hold, explain the changes before they happen and check if the proposed handling of the Route object is feasible for PCS users instead of only teaching the new behaviour as a consequence of the development.

 

Should you prepare for the workshop?

It will be a curated discussion, so no preparation is needed. However, we invite all participants to watch the recording of the last year‘s meeting which explains the Route object and how we got to the place where we start using it so that all participants of the workshop have more or less the same level of understanding. That may potentially eliminate the start of discussions regarding „Why Route object?“ which is not a topic of this workshop focused on „How“.

 

What is the expected outcome of the workshop?

PCS team is aiming to get the green light to implement the Route object in the proposed way into PCS as part of the Roadmap 2023 (affecting Ad-hoc requests TTP 2023, LPR TTP 2024 and NPR TTP 2025). Another implementation decision could be to postpone the development until the PCS Capacity Broker where the use of the Route Object is already defined (all potential risks of that decision must be taken into consideration).

A possible alternative outcome might be a definition of the dates for another workshop, but since there is only one topic to discuss (even though an important one), we hope to reach the decision already on the scheduled workshop. 

 

Agenda

Minutes

Period: Submission of Ad-Hoc Path Requests

Milestone: Dossiers in Final Offer to Active Timetable

Milestone: Dossiers in Observations to Post-Processing

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable 2023

Milestone: Limit for answering path study requests

Period: Dossiers in Feasibility Study Result to Harmonization

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Harmonization

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Feasibility Elaboration Conference

Deadline: PaP Publication

Period: Submission of Ad-Hoc Path Requests

Milestone: Dossiers in Final Offer to Active Timetable

Milestone: Dossiers in Observations to Post-Processing

Route Object in PCS - workshop

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable 2023

Milestone: Limit for answering path study requests

Period: Dossiers in Feasibility Study Result to Harmonization

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Harmonization

Deadline: PaP Publication

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable 2022

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Feasibility Elaboration Conference

Changes in the train parameters, appointing RU as an Applicant, introduction to TOM

PCS Test Group September 2022

PCS User Group February 2022

PCS Test Group February 2022

Period: Dossiers in Final Offer to Active Timetable

Period: Dossiers in Post-Processing to Final Offer

Milestone: Dossiers in Observations to Post-Processing

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Feasibility Elaboration Conference

Milestone: Release Path Elaboration

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable

Period: Dossiers in Feasibility Study Result to Harmonization

Milestone: Limit for answering path study requests

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Harmonization

Deadline: PaP Publication

PCS User Group February 2021

FTE D Freight Traffic Day 3 / FTE C Passenger Traffic Day 2

FTE D Freight Traffic Day 4 / FTE C Passenger Traffic Day 3

FTE D Freight Traffic Day 2 / FTE C Passenger Traffic Day 1

RFC Rhine-Alpine, Scan-Med, Baltic-Adriatic, and Mediterranean PCS Training February 2020

RFC Orient/East-Med, Czech-Slovak, and Amber PCS Training February 2020

RFC Baltic-Adriatic, North Sea-Baltic, Czech-Slovak and Amber PCS Training February 2020

RFC Rhine-Alpine, Scan-Med, Orient/East-Med, and North Sea-Baltic PCS Training February 2020

RFC North Sea-Med, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and North Sea-Baltic PCS Training January 2020

PCS CCB Group Meeting Sep 2020

PCS User Group Half-day Meeting Sep 2020

PCS User Group Half-day Meeting May 2020

PCS Test Group Half-day Meeting May 2020

PCS CCB Group Half-day Meeting Feb 2020

PCS User Group Half-day Meeting Feb 2020

PCS Test Group Half-day Meeting Feb 2020

PCS Passenger Traffic IMs second day Training Nov 2019

PCS Passenger Traffic IMs Half-day Training Nov 2019

PCS Passenger Traffic Applicant Half-day Training Nov 2019

PCS Passenger Applicant Traffic Training Nov 2019

PCS CCB Group Meeting Sep-2019

PCS Train the trainer Sep-2019

PCS Test Group Meeting July 2019

PCS Test Group Half-Day Meeting July 2019

Railway Undertakings Advisory Group for Timetabling

PCS train the trainer May 2019

Period: Dossiers in Final Offer to Active Timetable 2020

Period: Dossiers in Post-Processing to Final Offer 2020

Milestone: Dossiers in Observations to Post-Processing 2020

FTE C - D Passenger and Freight Traffic 2019

Period: Dossiers in Path Elaborations to Observations 2019

Deadline: Draft Offer 2019

Milestone: Preparation of RNE Technical Meeting 2020

Period: Pre-Booking for Annual Timetable 2020

Milestone: Release Path Elaboration 2020

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable 2020

FTE B Passenger Traffic 2020

Period: Dossiers in Feasibility Study Result to Harmonization 2019

Milestone: Limit for answering path study requests 2020

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Harmonization 2020

Deadline: PaP Publication 2020

PCS User Group Meeting Sep-2019

PCS Test Group Meeting Sep-2019

PCS Test Group Meeting May 2019

PCS Test Group Meeting Feb-2019

PCS User Group Meeting Feb-2019

Baltic-Adriatic, North Sea-Baltic, Czech-Slovak and Amber Corridors PCS Training 2019

Rhine- Alpine, ScanMed and North Sea – Baltic Corridors PCS Training 2019

Orient/East-Med, Mediterranean, Czech-Slovak and Amber Corridors PCS Training 2019

National IM Parameter and Loco Preparation for TT2020

PCS User Group Meeting Sep-2018

PCS User Group Meeting May-2018

PCS User Group Meeting Feb-2018

North-Sea – Mediterranean, Atlantic and Mediterranean Corridors PCS Training 2018

Baltic-Adriatic, Orient/East-Med, Czech-Slovak PCS Training 2018

Rhine- Alpine, ScanMed and North-Sea – Baltic PCS Training 2018

Start Carry Forward for TT2019

PCS Training Group Meeting Sep-2017

PCS User Group Meeting Sep-2017

PCS Test Group Meeting Sep-2017

Start of timetable 2018

FTE D Freight Traffic 2020 Day 1

Period: Dossiers in Final Offer to Active Timetable

Period: Dossiers in Post-Processing to Final Offer

Milestone: Dossiers in Observations to Post-Processing

Period: Dossiers in Path Elaborations to Observations 2020

Deadline: Draft Offer 2020

Milestone: Preparation of RNE Technical Meeting

Milestone: Release Path Elaboration

Deadline: Path Request for Annual Timetable

Period: Dossiers in Feasibility Study Result to Harmonization

Milestone: Limit for answering path study requests

Milestone: Dossiers in Harmonization Conference to Harmonization

Deadline: PaP Publication

PCS Test Group Meeting May-2017

PCS User Group Meeting May-2017

PCS Training Group Meeting Feb-2017

PCS User Group Meeting Feb-2017

PCS Test Group Meeting Feb-2017

North Sea – Mediterranean, Atlantic and Mediterranean RFCs PCS Training 2017

Baltic-Adriatic, Orient/East-Med and Czech-Slovak PCS Training 2017

Rhine- Alpine, ScanMed and North-Sea – Baltic PCS Training 2017

Empty Envelope Concept common workshop

IM parameters are available for edition for IMs

RU Advisory Group and TT Support Group Meetings