In rail transport, a train path or (train slot) is a license that allows its holder, usually a railway company, to run a train on a specific section of track at a specific time, similar to an airport slot in civil aviation.

“Capacity allocation” is referred to as the number of trains per hour that can be operated on a railway line. The key objective for railway capacity allocation is using the railway infrastructure capacity as efficiently as possible.

This presentation is guiding to the capacity allocation as per European Union directives. It presents the processes for capacity allocation (allocation of train path requests) to be applied by the Infrastructure Manager.