Network control center (DB Netz)
The network control center ( NLZ ) is - in addition to the operations centers - part of an integral system of DB Netz that is still being expanded . The network control center and the Frankfurt operations center (regional area center) share a building near the Galluswarte in Frankfurt am Main .
The network control center in particular dispatches supra-regional and international passenger traffic and freight trains. For this purpose, the network control center is divided into the areas of passenger train , freight train and construction management . The latter includes the scheduling and evaluation of rail traffic before, during and after serious construction sites or major events and special traffic. The network coordination and area disposition is also located in the network control center.
The scheduling by the network control center is independent of the railway company (EVU), it is also in contact with the scheduling of other RUs than those of the Deutsche Bahn Group.
The network control center started operations on September 18, 1997. Today, 40 employees dispatch and monitor up to 1,500 long-distance and 1,000 national and international freight trains every day.
Differences to the operations center
While the operations centers primarily plan and control railway operations on a regional basis , the network control center is responsible in particular for the supra-regional planning of rail traffic in Germany. The tasks of the operating centers are divided into seven regional areas, accordingly there are also seven regional operating centers, while there is a single network control center. The network control center works purely on a dispatch basis and only has an indirect effect on railway operations through contact with the operations centers. The control of rail traffic is the responsibility of the operations centers. Nevertheless, the network control center is superordinate to the operations centers.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Daniela Kuhr: Network control center of the railway Where the tracks come together. In: sueddeutsche.de . Süddeutscher Verlag , accessed on September 21, 2016 .
- ^ Mathias Vaupel: Guideline (Ril) 420 - DB Netz AG operations centers . 420.0101 - Principles and Organization. Ed .: DB Netz . Frankfurt am Main April 15, 2016, p. 2-3 .
- ↑ bahn-seminar.info - network control center (NLZ). (No longer available online.) In: bahn-seminar.info. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Controlling the trains: digital for 20 years. In: deutschebahn.com. Deutsche Bahn, September 18, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2017 .
