q/.r NSRZKLA4-P1 Timetable planning Leo Kroon Sept 9, 2003
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P2 Dutch railway quantities passengers per workday passenger kilometers per year 5000timetabled trains per workday 2800 kilometers of tracks 380stations 2650wagons 3000train drivers 4000conductors
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P3 Lines in the “Randstad”
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P Ut Hmla WdGd Cps Nwk Rta Rtn Rtd Vtn MdaGdg Hourly Pattern for the track Rotterdam - Utrecht 2800
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q/.r NSRZKLA4-P6 Platform Occupation Chart for Utrecht Central
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P7 q/.r Mat’64 with 2 or 4 wagons Koploper with 3 or 4 wagons Double decker with 3, 4 or 6 wagons
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P Rtd Ut Dv Amf Es Gvc Ut :0010:0011:00 12:00 9:3010:3011:
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P9 Duties for drivers from depot Rotterdam (Rtd) Regular trip Passenger trip 565
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P10 NSR Dept. of Logistics Product Design: HP/POC Maintenance routing Allocation of train units Traffic Control Central Planning (Ut)Local Planning (Large stations) Year Plan: Timetable Rolling stock plan Crew schedules Day Plan: Timetable Rolling stock plan Crew schedules Year Plan: Routes in stations Shunting mov. Crew schedules Day Plan: Routes in station Shunting mov. Crew schedules Operations factory of plans mission: produce an efficient and feasible plan for each day
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P11 What does the customer want? High quality service Low tariff Correct travel information Short travel times No delays High seating probability High frequencies Many direct connections...
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P12 Conflicting objectives Short travel times require: high speeds few stops many direct connections many guaranteed connections – do not fit with high frequencies – require long lines and many stops – long lines are bad for the punctuality – are bad for the punctuality as well – inefficient utilization of the infrastructure
q/.r NSRZKLA4-P13 Final remarks Timetables are evaluated along several dimensions Hence the “optimal” timetable does not exist Capacity of the infrastructure is a bottle-neck Every advantage has a disadvantage Currently, most plans are composed mainly manually Planning can be supported by mathematical models....