RailML application for description of railway interlocking systems

Abstract

The original RailML specification comes from 2002 and was defined using XML. Files in the RailML standard can be used for storing and exchanging data between numerous interfaces of railway ICT systems. Current version 2.4 includes rolling stock and railway traffic management, timetables, passenger information as well as booking and selling tickets. In the upcoming version of the RailML 3.1 standard, the subcheme is included, which is intended for the description of railway interlocking systems. In addition, compliance with the object-oriented, abstract data model for the railway infrastructure, defined in the UIC IRS 30100 standard (RailTopo-Model, RTM), will be ensured. In the paper, the authors discuss the current state of RailML and its perspective. Particular attention is paid to the use of RailML for the description of railway interlocking systems. The authors also present their proprietary software which allow to edit, visualize and verify RailML files.