Railway track (RT) horizontal and longitudinal layout elements; standard RT cross section; notion of track layout and route design; position of stations on the route; elements and position of stations within horizontal and longitudinal layout; geometric and dynamic route analysis; methodology and technology of the design of new RTs; specific aspects concerning planning and design of high-speed lines; station categorization; station design elements; basic design principles for all types of railway stations and forming conceptual design solutions of railway nodes; methods for dimensioning of basic station capacities; validation of variant solutions Exercises: individual exercises; every student receives individually conceived tasks, thematically and chronologically compliant with the lectures. Tasks consist of carrying out one design solution of a RT route for conventional traffic at the level of General Design including switches & crossings elements design, switch fans (balloons/ladder) structures; inter-station design; design of entrances to switchyards (sorting yards) stations, marshalling (classification) yards/stations and passenger stations.