PROGRESS IN COMPUTER AIDED RAIL TIME TABLE COMPILATION

The report reviews the railway timetable compilation process and describes areas where computerisation can assist timetable development. It describes a program developed to compile a railway timetable and suggests ways in which further development should proceed. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  London Transport Executive

  Planning Research Division, Transad House, Leicester Square
  London WC2,   England 
• Authors:
  • Weston, G
  • Wren, M
  • Dexter, K
  • Packer, J
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Development; Information processing; Operations; Planning; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Scheduling; Subways; Timetables; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• ITRD Terms: 8655: Data processing; 1041: Depot (transp); 9013: Development; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8645: Software; 1186: Timetable; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159474
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Op. Res. Memo M318 Monog Rpt.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1982 12:00AM