A Scenario-Based Simulation Framework for Testing of Highly Automated Railway Systems

Michael Wild, Jan Steffen Becker, Carl Schneiders, Eike Möhlmann

2025

Abstract

Increasing automation is an ongoing effort across various mobility sectors, including the railway domain, promising to address issues such as sustainability, lack of personnel, and enhancing mobility in rural areas. The development of automated railway systems is a challenging task and the validation of safety of such systems in open context remains an open topic. Simulation-based validation of driverless trains can help to ensure safe operation. This paper presents an extension of the open-source train simulator OpenRails to enable doing a closed-loop simulation with the goal of validating the behavior of a system under test within a simulated environment. We propose a possible scenario-based validation approach and present the whole loop including description of an abstract scenario using Traffic Sequence Charts, derivation of a concrete instance of this abstract scenario, and a novel closed-loop play-out. We share our experiences and the current state of our work and give outlook on future directions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wild M., Becker J., Schneiders C. and Möhlmann E. (2025). A Scenario-Based Simulation Framework for Testing of Highly Automated Railway Systems. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS; ISBN 978-989-758-745-0, SciTePress, pages 88-99. DOI: 10.5220/0013286600003941

in Bibtex Style

@conference{vehits25,
author={Michael Wild and Jan Becker and Carl Schneiders and Eike Möhlmann},
title={A Scenario-Based Simulation Framework for Testing of Highly Automated Railway Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS},
year={2025},
pages={88-99},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013286600003941},
isbn={978-989-758-745-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS
TI - A Scenario-Based Simulation Framework for Testing of Highly Automated Railway Systems
SN - 978-989-758-745-0
AU - Wild M.
AU - Becker J.
AU - Schneiders C.
AU - Möhlmann E.
PY - 2025
SP - 88
EP - 99
DO - 10.5220/0013286600003941
PB - SciTePress