COAST CONTROL FOR MASS RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAYS WITH SEARCHING METHODS

To maintain service and passenger flow, regulation of train service in rapid transit is a necessity considering the daily commercial and social activity in cities. One of the commonly used approaches to regulation of train service is dwell time adjustment at stations, even though its control space is quite limited. Another viable means of meeting the specific run-time on an inter-station run is coasting control. The advantage of coasting can only be fully secured when coasting points are determined in real time. This paper examines the feasibility and performance of classical and heuristic searching measures in locating coasting points with the aid of a single train simulator according to specified inter-station run times.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Electrical Engineers

  Savoy Place
  London WC2R 0BL, NY  England  10016-5997
• Authors:
  • Wong, K K
  • Ho, T K
• Conference:
  • IEE Proceedings. Electric Power Applications
• Publication Date: 2004-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 365-375
• Serial:
  • Volume: 151
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dwell time; Idle time; Passenger service; Passenger volume; Public transit; Rapid transit; Regulations; Running time
• Subject Areas: Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 12:00AM