OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN LONDON TRANSPORT

London Transport is a mature public transport system with many serious operational problems. Some have been around a long time, such as labour availability and methods of controlling services. Others have more recently become important; problems of vehicle availability - levels of spares, management of engineering supply. Yet others are periodic, such as debate over types of operation - crew versus omo, ticketing systems and network structure. Operational research has been assisting management in understanding and searching for solutions in each of these. The paper describes and relates their key features. In addition, although it is not seen as a major problem area, the London Transport experience of timetabling and duty scheduling by computer will be summarised.(a) (TRRL)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • WESTON, J G
• Publication Date: 1981-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 683-694
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Operational Research Society
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0160-5682
  • EISSN: 1476-9360
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjor20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Buses; Digital computers; Economic factors; Economics; Information processing; Itinerary; Labor market; Network analysis (Planning); Networks; Operations research; Planning; Productivity; Public transit; Quality of service; Quality of work; Scheduling; Subways; Ticketing; Timetables; Transportation; Transportation operations
• Identifier Terms: London Transport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation administration
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8673: Digital computer; 263: Economics of transport; 699: Itinerary; 1054: Network (traffic); 9055: Operational research; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 1191: Underground railway; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345215
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 714
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM