Periodic Timetabling with Flexibility Based on a Mesoscopic Topology

Stephan Bütikofer (), Albert Steiner and Raimond Wüst
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Stephan Bütikofer: Institute for Data Analysis and Process Design, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
Albert Steiner: Institute for Data Analysis and Process Design, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
Raimond Wüst: Institute for Data Analysis and Process Design, Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW

A chapter in Operations Research Proceedings 2019, 2020, pp 789-795 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the project smartrail 4.0 Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) aims for a higher degree in automatization of the railway value chain (e.g. line planning, timetabling and vehicle scheduling, etc.). In the context of an applied research project together with SBB, we have developed an extension of the Periodic Event Scheduling Problem (PESP) model. On one hand the extension is based on using a finer resolution of the track infrastructure, the so-called mesoscopic topology. The mesoscopic topology allows creating timetables with train lines assigned to track paths. On the other hand, we use a known, flexible PESP formulation (FPESP), i.e. we calculate time intervals instead of time points for the arrival resp. departures times at operating points. Both extensions (mesoscopic topology and flexibility) should enhance feasibility of the timetables on the microscopic infrastructure. We will call our model therefore track-choice, flexible PESP model (TCFPESP).

Keywords: Periodic event scheduling problem; Mesoscopic railway topology; Service intention; Timetabling with track assignment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_96

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