Scheduled Train Timetable Evaluation Method Considering Convenience, Simplicity and Robustness

Abstract

A train schedule is determined the transport capacity and track layout based on passengers demand.

A railway line has several schedules, making schedules are necessary evaluated for quantity comparison. In particular, when a transport disorder occurs, quantity evaluation is required as a tool for adopting an optimal rescheduling plan.

Therefore, this paper proposes a train schedule quantity evaluation method from three points of view; passenger convenience, operation simplicity, and operation margin robustness.

Passenger convenience is calculated based on the time loss by the passenger, operation simplicity is calculated turning number of switches, and operation margin is calculated based on the train interval time at stations and number of train sets.

The proposed method is applied train schedules, and I demonstrate that the derived values each train timetables.