Dispatching High-Speed Rail Trains via Utilizing the Reverse Direction Track: Adaptive Rescheduling Strategies and Application

Sairong Peng, Xin Yang, Hongwei Wang, Hairong Dong, Bin Ning, Haichuan Tang, Zhipeng Ying and Ruijun Tang
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Sairong Peng: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Xin Yang: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Hongwei Wang: National Research Center of Railway Safety Assessment, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Hairong Dong: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Bin Ning: State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Haichuan Tang: CRRC Institute, CRRC Corporation Limited, Beijing 100067, China
Zhipeng Ying: China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Ruijun Tang: Hohhot Urban Rail Transit Construction Management Corporation Limited, Hohhot 010010, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: This paper studies the train rescheduling problem on high-speed railway corridor in the situation where contingencies occur and lead to sudden deceleration of some trains. First, we develop an adaptive rescheduling strategy (AR-S) which allows normal trains to use reverse direction track to overtake front decelerating trains based on delay comparison under different path choices. Second, the traditional rescheduling strategy (TR-S) which does not allow any trains to switch tracks is mentioned as a sharp contrast to AR-S. Furthermore, a performance evaluation criterion is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the train rescheduling approaches. Finally, numerical experiments carried out on Beijing-Tianjin intercity high-speed railway show that AR-S can reduce the total delay of trains up to 24% in comparison with TR-S.

Keywords: high-speed railway; rescheduling strategy; reverse direction track; train delay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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