Acquiring knowledge on the basics of design, maintenance and reconstruction of railway tracks, station track capacity and railway junctions.

A complete understanding of the railway tracks, railway stations and nodes as a continuous set of spatial facilities and influence of design, reconstruction and maintenance on security, technology and economics of rail transport.

The structural elements of the railway lines. Elements of the route plan and profile. Arranging tracks in the direction of the curves. Design of railway lines. Developing a plan and profile of the route track. The version evaluation of railway tracks. The structural elements of the railway station. Installations for the gauge connection. The basic station structures. The basic elements and methods for sizing of station capacity. Railway junction. The methodology of designing railway stations and the nodes. Port railway station, cargo transport centers and terminals. Reconstruction of the station and official places. Calculation and testing of bottle necks. Maintenance and reconstruction of railway lines and stations.

Lectures and exercises. Design of the railroad tracks at a ratio of 1:10000 (min. 10 km). Design of the railway junction in ratio of 1:1000 (passenger, shunting, depot, other plants). Visit to the railway stations.