Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

Railway timetables are developed to make operations robust and resilient to small delays.
However, disturbances perturb the daily plan, and dispatchers adjust the plan to keep …

Railway planning is a complex activity which is usually decomposed into several stages,
traditionally network design, line design, timetabling, rolling stock, and staffing. In this paper …

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 paper we study the design and optimization of train timetabling adapted to a dynamic
demand environment. This problem arises in rapid train services which are common in most …

The railway crew scheduling problem consists of finding the most efficient duty combination
for railway crews to cover all trains and related activities for a defined period of time. Crew …

In this study, we focus on improving system-wide equity performance in an oversaturated
urban rail transit network based on multi-commodity flow formulation. From the system …

We study the problem of scheduling passenger trains in a highly congested railway double-
track line with the aim of increasing the number of scheduled trains. A feasible timetable of …

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

Trains' movements on a railway network are regulated by official timetables. Deviations and
delays occur quite often in practice, demanding fast rescheduling and rerouting decisions in …