An estimation method for railway rolling stock planning using cost data in yardstick regulation

Abstract

Railway rolling stock planning is a basic scheduling in railway transport, which assign physical train units to predefined time table services and determines a roster of train units. In the planning, minimizations of a number of train units used and deadheading costs are required. In order to represent preferences of railway companies well, an estimation of monetary cost (objective function) is required. Railway companies in Japan receive the yardstick regulation. In this paper, an estimation method for railway rolling stock planning based on the standard costs in the yardstick regulation are proposed.