With the expansion of urban rail networks and the increase of passengers demand, the
coordination of strongly connected lines becomes more and more important, because …

This work investigates a new multi-period vaccination planning problem that simultaneously
optimizes the total travel distance of vaccination recipients (service level) and the …

Purpose The findings of this study have lightened the focal research areas in maintenance
planning and scheduling. These also served as effective guidelines for future studies in this …

More and more unexpected events occur in metro systems, which may cause serious
disturbances and even disruptions for the operation of trains. This paper studies an …

Train scheduling and maintenance planning compete for the resources in a railway network.
A commonly used way is dealing with maintenance planning first and then train scheduling …

Urban rail transit networks face frequent delays and oversaturation resulting from
unexpected disturbances and high demands during rush hours, which inevitably leads to …

Railway line planning and train timetabling are two key planning steps that determine the
operating cost and passenger service quality of a railway operator under the infrastructure …

We investigate the energy-efficient train timetabling and rolling stock circulation planning
problem for metro lines based on flexible selections of train operation levels, which involve …

Train timetabling, platforming, and network maintenance scheduling are three highly
interdependent problems that are crucial in the planning of railway operations, and each is …

In some megacities, commuter metro lines that connect suburbs and downtown areas
always suffer from serious non-equilibrium passenger congestion at stations during rush …