Schedule arrangement

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The schedule arrangement (Fplo) is a document with which the schedule information for a special train is made known to the parties involved in the execution of the train journey on the Deutsche Bahn AG network (e.g. dispatcher along the route being traveled, EVU control center, train driver ).

The railway schedule is by the relevant regional divisions of DB Netz developed and typically telex by fax, e-mail or teletype distributed.

Example of an Fplo

By telex the Fplo takes the following form (excerpt): 

DbZ 94820 (39.8) Mo 01.11.10
Hamm Rbf Hde - Wengern Ost
Tfz: 360 SG
Wagenzuglast:21 t Wagenzuglänge:21 m Gesamtzuglänge:32 m, Mbr 28 P
60 km/h
Im Sonderfahrplan nach Bfpl 292, 290

-östliche Umfahrung-
Bft Hamm Rbf Hde   11.17  <aus Abstellung>
                          Bfpl 292 S.359 Sp.2d Mbr 20
Bft Hamm Rbf Hda      19
Abzw Selmig           22  Bfpl 292 S.353 Sp.2d Mbr 22
Bft Autobahn          31  nach <9018 bis EHID>
Bft Bönen             33  Bfpl 290 S.178 Sp.2d Mbr 28
Unna                  42
Holzwickede           50
-Nahgleis-
Abzw Heide            58  nach X <29517>

The Fplo specifies the timetable of a train in terms of time and place. It contains in the head from top to bottom: train type (here train for special purposes of third party RUs), train number, product code of the train type, day of operation, start and destination, used locomotive series (here DB series V 60 in high speed), information on train length and load , Minimum braking one- hundredth of the total route and braking position , maximum train speed and where the route-related timetable data was found (here replacement timetable booklets 290 and 292, the reference to the timetable of another train is also common).

This is followed by information on the chronological order of the operating points. It also contains information on the dispatching by the dispatcher (for example, the example train should follow train 9018 from the Autobahn section of the station to the Heide junction and wait there for the crossing with train 29517). If there are several travel options between two operating points, these are specified by the Fplo on a specific route (here, for example, "near track"). Deviations from the planned route require a new Fplo or the possibility of a diversion under easier conditions.

For the driver, the sample Fplo contains references to the pages of the replacement timetable booklet, where he can find route-related information on speeds, signal locations and other particularities of the route. Only together with the information in the replacement timetable does the Fplo form a valid timetable for the driver. The information on the minimum braking hundredths required on certain sections of the route is included in the event that braking hundredths are missing. In this case, it must be assessed on which route sections special measures are required.

A timetable arrangement must be differentiated from a timetable notification . The latter is usually issued by the responsible operations center for a one-time train journey if short-term deviations from the current situation (timetables including possible previously issued timetable arrangements) so require.

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