Routing and scheduling of trains and engines in a railway marshalling station yard

J Zhao, J **ang, Q Peng - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
In a busy railway marshalling station, train and engine traffic management in the
receiving/departure yard plays a crucial role in efficient and stable operations. Traditionally …

[HTML][HTML] Freight train scheduling for industrial lines with multiple railway undertakings

D Haalboom, N Bešinović - Journal of Rail Transport Planning & …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the liberalisation of the rail freight market, the number of railway undertakings in
operation is increasing. Trains run by several railway undertakings (RUs) converge at …

[HTML][HTML] A study on sorting strategies in marshaling yards with a limited number of tracks and track capacity

M Zien, T Kirschstein, C Bierwirth - Journal of Rail Transport Planning & …, 2025 - Elsevier
In marshaling yards, freight wagons are sorted from inbound trains to outbound trains for
further transport. To organize an efficient shunting process, sorting strategies are proposed …

A fuzzy-based method of assigning train managers to task types

FJ Restel - Cognitive Sustainability, 2024 - cogsust.com
Besides an employee's skill level, several personal qualities may affect the implementation
of a task during job activities. Thus, it might be hypothesised that the effectiveness of railway …