Shunting of Passenger Train Units in a Railway Station

Richard Freling, Ramon Lentink, Leo Kroon and Dennis Huisman ()

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Abstract: In this paper we introduce the problem of shunting passenger train units in a railway station. Shunting occurs whenever train units are temporarily not necessary to operate a given timetable. We discuss several aspects of this problem and focus on two subproblems. We propose mathematical models for these subproblems together with a solution method based on column generation. Furthermore, a new efficient and speedy solution technique for pricing problems in column generation algorithms is introduced. Finally, we present computational results based on real life instances from Netherlands Railways.

Keywords: column generation; logistics; railway optimization; real world application (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 M M11 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-09-09
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