Abstract
Due to several obvious advantages both in transport marketing and train operation planning, the cyclic timetable has already applied in many high-speed railway (HSR) countries. In order to adopt the cyclic timetable in China's HSR system, a Mixed Integer Programmer (MIP) model is proposed in this paper involving many general constraints, such as running time, dwell time, headway, and connection constraints. In addition, the real-world overtaking rule that concerning a train with higher priority will not be overtaken by a slower one is incorporated into the cyclic timetable optimization model. An approach based on fixed departure is proposed to get a cyclic timetable with minimum total journey time within a reasonable time. From numerical investigations using data from Guangzhou-Zhuhai HSR line in China, the proposed model and associated approach are tested and shown to be effective.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 31-38 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- high-speed railway
- cyclic train timetable
- overtaking rule
- MIP model
- fixed departure order