Reasonable scheduling for arrival–departure track operations in railway stations
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2016
Subject Area
place - asia, mode - rail, infrastructure - station, infrastructure - track, operations - scheduling
Keywords
Railway, section station, track operation plan, arrival–departure, modern sequencing theory, heuristic algorithm
Abstract
We analyze the train types handled at a section station and the factors affecting the scheduling of the arrival–departure track operation, using the following conditions as our optimization goals: operating the arrival–departure tracks in accordance with a fixed operation scheme, and reducing the influence which the departing–receiving operations impose on shunting operations. We establish a 0–1 integer programming model for formulating a track operation plan. By applying modern sequencing theory, this is transformed into a fixed sequencing model of special parallel machines. We then design a heuristic algorithm to solve the model. Finally, the example of Yiyang railway station is used to verify the advantages of the model and the algorithm. A better operation plan is obtained using MATLAB 7.0 by applying the model and the algorithm provided in the paper, indicating the superiority of our study’s approach.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Lei, D., Guo, C., Zhang, Y., & Chen, C. (2016). Reasonable scheduling for arrival–departure track operations in railway stations. Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 39, pp. 624-639.
