Assessing gaming simulation validity for training traffic controllers.

Background. The Dutch railway company ProRail is performing large-scale capacity upgrades to their infrastructure network. As part of these upgrades, ProRail uses gaming simulations to help prepare train traffic controllers for new infrastructure situations. Researching the validity of these gaming simulations is essential, since the conclusions...

Introducing gaming simulation in the Dutch railways

Innovation in the Dutch railways in the domain of capacity management and traffic control is increasingly difficult to implement because of the large interconnectedness of all processes and separation into different institutions and organizations. Meanwhile there is a push for quality improvements leading to more robustness and resilience as...

The Power of Sponges: High-tech versus Low-tech Gaming Simulation for the Dutch railways

To facilitate innovation in transport systems there is a need for simulated environments to experiment with new configurations, ideas and solutions. Gaming simulation is such an environment, and this paper presents the approach applied in capacity allocation and traffic control innovation for the Dutch railways. Both hightech and low-tech games...