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Railway traffic disturbance management—An experimental analysis of disturbance complexity, management objectives and limitations in planning horizon
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Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice . Mar2007, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p249-266. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Abstract: With the increasing traffic volumes in European railway networks and reports on capacity deficiencies that cause reliability problems, the need for efficient disturbance management becomes evident. This paper presents a heuristic approach for railway traffic re-scheduling during disturbances and a performance evaluation for various disturbance settings using data for a large part of the Swedish railway network that currently experiences capacity deficiencies. The significance of applying certain re-scheduling objectives and their correlation with performance measures are also investigated. The analysis shows e.g. that a minimisation of accumulated delays has a tendency to delay more trains than a minimisation of total final delay or total delay costs. An experimental study of how the choice of planning horizon in the re-scheduling process affects the network on longer-term is finally presented. The results indicate that solutions which are good on longer-term can be achieved despite the use of a limited planning horizon. A 60min long planning horizon was sufficient for the scenarios in the experiments. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09658564
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23279952
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2006.05.003