An Overview ofMultiModal & MultiRail®

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MultiRail is produced by MultiModal Applied Systems. Background

information: Founded in Princeton, USA, in 1992 Specialty in rail planning, scheduling and logistics

software Key product is MultiRail (freight and passenger editions)

for railway operations planning Staff of transportation, logistics, and computer

professionals MultiRail software is in use by all major freight railways

in North America as well as many passenger operators MultiRail software is in use in Latin America, South

Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe MultiModal also supplies customized transportation

software and rail consulting services

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MultiModal Partial Customer List Deutsche Bahn SEPTA (Philadelphia) Herzog (Miami) Canadian National Canadian Pacific GO Transit (Toronto) BNSF (USA) CSX (USA) FCAB (Chilé) FerroMex (México) CVRD (Brazil) ABP (London)

Spoornet (S. Africa) FGC Barcelona (Spain) Union Pacific (USA) Indian Railways Norfolk Southern (USA) TFM (México) Queensland Rail (Aust.) New Jersey Transit Tri-Rail (Florida) A.L.L. (Brazil) Metra (Chicago) Trenitalia (Rome)

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MultiRail® Freight Edition - Fully integrated system for freight service design and planning

MultiRail® Passenger Edition Fully integrated system for service planning including timetabling, track, equipment and crew management

MultiRail Railway Planning Products

FastTrack™ II is an optimizer for capacity and meet/pass planning

FirstClass™ is an Algorithmic railway car classification system

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A Complete Rail Planning Environment

Graphical Network Manager Train Manager for train schedule design Timetable Manager – Timetables and Publishing Interactive Time-Distance Editing Platform Management Graphical Consist Management Train Conflict Identification Integration with OPCrew Scheduling and

Rostering Full Set of Reports and Graphics

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MultiRail Integrated Environment

NetworkDefinition

ConsistManager

PlatformManager

CrewManager

TrainManager

Opcom’sOPCrew

Conflict Analysis

Graphical Tools

FastTrack

Report Manager – For all Databases

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Projects Using MultiRail• MultiRail Passenger System is in use with FGC (Barcelona), SEPTA

(Philadelphia), GO Transit (Toronto), Tri-Rail (Miami), and is being used by our consultants at Metra (Chicago), SEPTA (Philadelphia), Delaware Transit Corporation, and Amtrak in the US, and SRA in the UK.

• Key component to Canadian Pacific’s Genesis Project which has saved CP hundred of millions of dollars -- while improving overall service.

• MultiModal has developed the operating plan for most of the large US rail mergers, including rationalization and optimization of routes.

• MultiModal’s MultiRail was used in the privatization planning for the two largest Mexican railways (TFM, FMX).

• MultiRail is being used for rail planning in Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Current project in India with US T.D.A. funding.

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Overview of MultiRail Passenger Edition - A Comprehensive

Environment for Passenger Rail Planning and Timetabling

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Network Manager Graphical Tools for Building “Link and Node” Railway Network

Tables with NodeAnd Link Details

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Right Click to Enter Track and Switch Information

Track Properties

Switch Properties

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Train Schedule Management

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Train Manager: Import or Build Trains

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Time-Distance Graphics

Stringlines are interactive and times

can be changed by the user

Right mouse click to get info on individual

trains

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Timetable - View Multiple Segments or Corridors at the

Same Time

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MultiRail Data Can be Easily Exported to Many Data Formats

Timetable information in

HTML

Timetable information in

Excel

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Timetable Used for Train Conflict Analysis

Line, Consist and Crew Information

A/D Times,Track/Platform,Run time, and DwellInformation

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Conflicts Automatically Identified With Details

Conflicts details described, and filtered in timetable to aid problem resolution.

Train A_1026 and A_1111 have conflict between

81st and 72nd

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Conflicts and Occupancy Viewed Through Diagrams

Line color by track

Conflicts identified graphically and explained in pop-up

Train IDs

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Details of Conflicts by Type, Train, Location, and time

Conflict details by train and track location

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Route Shown Graphically in Track Manager

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MultiRail Makes Suggestions For Building Consist (Rake) Cycles

Trains AssignedTo Consists

Unassigned Trains

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Consist Management & Equipment Cycling

Each train can be assigned a Consist• Data structures support reconfiguring

Consists & mid-route Consist changes• User defines consists using database of

available equipment• Characteristics of equipment can be

specified Trains can be added and edited on Consist

screen Consists can connect between trains

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Consist Reports for Cycling and Balancing of Consists

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Train Flow Volume Graphic

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Platform Planning Through Train-Based Track Assignments

Track NumbersAssigned Trains

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Crew Job BuilderShifts foreach job

Listing of Jobs

Crew for selected job

and shift

Detailed duties for the selected job

Shift Details

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Multiple Crew Reports

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Why MultiModal?

• Unique Service Planning Software -MultiRail• Deep expertise and experience in rail service and capacity

planning• Ability to keep projects focused, and moving forward• Ability to apply our experience from other railroads around

the world to the specifics your situation• Independence from past internal decisions and practices• Technical skills that ensure tools are used to their maximum

effect• Compatibility with Opcom’s OPCrew™Optimization Software• Dramatic return on investment• Strong track record of success