Shortening Average Trip Times by Adjusting Stopping and Overtaking Train Stations

The authors are studying railway operation optimization. Two kinds of trains, local and rapid, are under consideration to investigate the optimization of rapid trains stopping stations by adjusting the stopping stations to reach optimum convenience and rapidity. However, the rapid train has to overtake local trains that are running ahead. Therefore, overtaking facilities need to be considered too. In this paper, the authors describe the relation between stopping and overtaking station combinations and operation effectiveness. First, the rapid train stopping and overtaking stations are determined by DP (Dynamic Programming), considering real overtaking facilities at stations. Second, the rapid train timetable is determined and drawn on the train diagram. Third, the local train timetable is determined based on overtaking stations. The diagram is drawn for both directions starting from the overtaking station. The evaluation value is the average trip time, and is calculated by the timetable (diagram) and the passenger OD (Origin and Destination) table. By computer simulation using an existing line, the authors show that the most effective conditions are fewer overtaking stations, and no simultaneous overtaking at a stopping station.

• Summary URL:
  https://doi.org//10.2495/CR140471
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  http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-built-environment/135/27103
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• Authors:
  • Katori, T
  • Kabumoto, H
  • Izumi, T
• Conference:
  • 14th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Optimization (COMPRAIL 2014)
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2014-6-24 to 2014-6-26
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Computers in Railways XIV. Railway Engineering Design and Optimization
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Volume: 135
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Origin and destination; Passing; Rail transit facilities; Railroad traffic; Simulation; Timetables; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01552641
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845647667
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 2 2015 10:27AM