QUEUEING THEORY APPROACH TO RAILWAY CAPACITY IN URBAN COMMUTER RAILWAYS

The method proposed is a mixture of stochastic and diffusion type mathematical approximations to describe the queue length, delay and relaxation times found in the operation of the section. It is the perturbations in the times between trains and in the station stop times that give rise to queueing and the delays on the trains. The traffic intensity and a queue growth factor are key parameters in determining the practical capacity which is related to the deterministic or basic capacity, a concept derived entirely from the signaling characteristics of the station layout.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the INFAC/IFIP/IFORS International Symposium: Control in Transportation Systems, Columbus, Ohio, August 9-13, 1976. Also available from ESL.
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  International Federation of Automatic Control

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• Authors:
  • Rice, P
• Conference:
  • Presented at the INFAC/IFIP/IFORS International Symposium: Control in Transportation Systems, Columbus, Ohio, August 9-13, 1976. Also available from ESL.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 267-276

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Passengers; Railroad facility operations; Scheduling; Transportation operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies; Passenger operations
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159482
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1982 12:00AM