Increasing the effectiveness of the capacity usage at rolling stock service locations

Trains consist of one or more railway vehicles called rolling stock, which need interior and exterior cleaning and small technical checks on a daily basis. These services are executed at service locations (SLs). Scheduling rolling stock servicing tasks during an operational day is important to guarantee the fulfilment of servicing deadlines....

A literature review of Artificial Intelligence applications in railway systems

Nowadays it is widely accepted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is significantly influencing a large number of domains, including railways. In this paper, we present a systematic literature review of the current state-of-the-art of AI in railway transport. In particular, we analysed and discussed papers from a holistic railway perspective,...

The Maintenance Location Choice Problem for railway rolling stock

Due to increasing railway use, the capacity at railway yards and maintenance locations is becoming limiting to accommodate existing rolling stock. To reduce capacity issues at maintenance locations during nighttime, railway undertakings consider performing more daytime maintenance, but the choice at which locations personnel needs to be...

Scheduling multimodal alternative services for managing infrastructure maintenance possessions in railway networks

Highly utilized railway networks require regular infrastructure maintenance. Different track sections often need to be closed for entire days to carry out engineering works, which makes the regular timetables no longer feasible and thus adjusted railway services and temporary alternative services need to be planned. We introduce the...

Solving large-scale train timetable adjustment problems under infrastructure maintenance possessions

During infrastructure maintenance possessions, commonly not all trains can operate, and the original timetable may have to be adjusted accordingly. To deliver the best service to passengers, operators have to coordinate adjustment measures dealing with multiple possessions at the network level. In this paper, we consider the Train Timetable...