Methods and Systems for Energy Efficient Route Planning and Control Strategies for Self-Propelled Railway Vehicles

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store railway map data;
• and
• a computing system configured to:
• receive a plurality of input parameters for at least one railway vehicle, wherein the plurality of input parameters indicates a current location of the at least one railway vehicle, a target destination for the at least one railway vehicle, and one or more physical attribute corresponding to the at least one railway vehicle;
• determine, based on the plurality of input parameters and railway map data, a route for the at least one railway vehicle to navigate and a control strategy for the at least one railway vehicle to use during navigation of the route, wherein the control strategy associates a speed range with one or more portions of the route for the at least one railway vehicle to use during navigation of the route;
• and
• provide the control strategy and the route to a control system of the at least one railway vehicle, wherein the control system is configured to control the at least one railway vehicle according to the control strategy during navigation of the route.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions, that when executed by a computing system comprising one or more processors, causes the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a plurality of input parameters for at least one railway vehicle, wherein the plurality of input parameters indicates a current location of the at least one railway vehicle, a target destination for the at least one railway vehicle, and one or more physical attribute corresponding to the at least one railway vehicle;
• determining, based on the plurality of input parameters and railway map data, a route for the at least one railway vehicle to navigate and a control strategy for the at least one railway vehicle to use during navigation of the route, wherein the control strategy associates a speed range with one or more portions of the route for the at least one railway vehicle to use during navigation of the route;
• and
• providing the control strategy and the route to a control system of the at least one railway vehicle, wherein the control system is configured to control the at least one railway vehicle according to the control strategy during navigation of the route.