RailTopoModel and RailML – data exchange standards in railway sector

RailTopoModel is a tool for logical define object model of the data related to railway infrastructure. In April 2016, the standard was released by the UIC (International Union of Railways) as International Railway Standard IRS 30100:2016. RailML has been developed since 2002. It is based on the XML - meta-language that is used to define other languages. RailML is used as a data exchange format in railway systems. It includes within its scope data relating to railway traffic management, rolling stock management, stacking timetables, information for passengers, booking and selling tickets. RailML is currently available in version 2.3. Its upcoming version 3.0 has been especially designed to ensure compliance with RailTopoModel and will be the first practical implementation of this standard. Additionally interlocking schema will be included to the RailML 3.0 schema. The authors pay attention to the importance of both RailML and RailTopoModel specification. The current state of the standards and their prospects are discussed. The authors also present their own software which allows edit and validate RailML files.