Planning problems in passenger railway range from long term strategic decision making to
the detailed planning of operations. Operations research methods have played an …

When looking at railway planning, a discrepancy exists between planners who focus on the
train operations and publish fixed railway schedules, and passengers who look not only at …

Given rising energy prices and environmental concerns, train energy-efficient operation
techniques are paid more attention as one of the effective methods to reduce operation costs …

In this paper we survey the main studies dealing with the train timetabling problem in its
nominal and robust versions. Roughly speaking, the nominal version of the problem …

Network-based systems are at the core of our everyday life. Whether it is electronic
networking, electricity grids or transportation, users expect the networks to function properly …

In subway systems, the energy put into accelerating trains can be reconverted into electric
energy by using the motors as generators during the braking phase. In general, except for a …

Planning a public transportation system is a multi-objective problem which includes among
others line planning, timetabling, and vehicle scheduling. For each of these planning stages …

In this work, we consider the problem of scheduling a set of trains (ie, determining their
departure and arrival times at the visited stations) and simultaneously deciding their …

The cyclic train timetabling problem aims to synchronize limited operational resources
toward a master periodic schedule of transport services. By introducing an extended time …

The train timetable optimization problem in subway systems is to determine arrival and
departure times for trains at stations so that the resources can be effectively utilized and the …