A Study on Energy-Efficient Driving at Short Headway

Abstract

Energy-efficient driving is effective method of reducing energy consumption of railway system. However, that has not been investigated in detail at short headway situation. Here we show what driving technique is much better from energy consumption point of view. In the simulation, we examine a technique to drive a train in an energy efficient way when the preceding train is delayed departing station. The results show that it can suppress energy consumption less than or equal to regular running time situation.