Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness RAILZürich 2009 Bernd Schittenhelm, Technical University of Denmark & Rail Net Denmark

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 2DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Motivation Development of a multi-criteria timetable attractiveness objective function - e.g. to use for timetable generation Quantitative methods for fast evaluation of and easy comparison of candidate timetables

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 3DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Outline Present quantitative evaluation methods for the following attractiveness parameters Timetable structure Timetable complexity Travel time Transfers Punctuality & reliability Timetable Attractiveness Index Conclusion & further research

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 4DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable structure

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 5DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable structure [Source: Liebchen 2006]

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 6DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable structure

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 7DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable structure

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 8DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable complexity Timetable complexity is characterized by the existing interdependencies in a given timetable

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 9DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable complexity

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 10DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable complexity

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 11DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable complexity

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 12DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Travel time

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 13DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Travel time

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 14DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Train transfers p = h + d p= minimal interchange time h= minimal headway d= planned dwell time

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 15DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 16DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Punctuality & reliability

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 17DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Timetable Attractiveness Index

12/02/2009Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness 18DTU Transport, Technical University of Denmark Conclusion & further research Preliminary quantitative evaluations methods for the following timetabling issues - Timetable structure - Timetable complexity - Travel time - Transfers - Punctuality and reliability Quantitative evaluation indexes need further research / refinement to improve each index individually and the general timetable attractiveness index e.g. identification of preferred national timetable structure by conducting interviews and implement results in a multi-criteria analysis Creation of a multi-criteria objective function for timetable generation

Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Timetable Attractiveness Thank you for your attention! Questions? Bernd Schittenhelm,