How to Balance the Relationship between Train Formation and Service Frequency

The paper addresses how to balance the relationship between train formation and service frequency. The authors take intercity through transport as the study object because the train plan is simplified to these two parts only. Based on the analysis of passengers' generalized travel expense, the law of boarding choice under the condition of the generalized travel cost is found. The law states that the distribution of the expected boarding time of passengers on every train is sequential, continuous, and symmetric and the attractiveness range of each train is uniform. A maximum system-profit model with elastic demand is solved by an analytic method. A numerical example is provided to show the effects of train formation and service frequency on passenger demand and objective functions.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413159.435
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  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Deng, Lianbo
  • Wang, Feng
  • Zhou, Wenliang
  • Xiao, Longwen
• Conference:
  • Fourth International Conference on Transportation Engineering
  • Location: Chengdu , China
  • Date: 2013-10-19 to 2013-10-20
• Publication Date: 2013-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 3003-3007
• Monograph Title: ICTE 2013: Safety, Speediness, Intelligence, Low-Carbon, Innovation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boarding; Demand; Intercity transportation; Level of service; Passenger transportation; Train makeup; Travel costs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Frequency of service
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520175
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413159
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:15AM