Identifying effective guaranteed connections in a multimodal public transport network

Minimizing transfer waiting time is important in making public transport networks more attractive. A guaranteed transfer, with the departing vehicle waiting on moderately delayed arriving vehicles at a transfer node, is an effective way to reduce waiting times at transfers between low frequency public transport lines. This secondary train delay...

Identifying effective guaranteed connections in a multimodal network

Minimizing transfer waiting time is important in making public transport networks more attractive. A guaranteed transfer, with the departing vehicle waiting on moderately delayed arriving vehicles at a transfer node, is an effective way to reduce waiting times at transfers between low frequency public transport lines. This secondary train delay...

Stabiliteitsanalyse van spoorwegdienstregelingen

De capaciteitsverdeling van het spoor aan de diverse vervoerders gebeurt via basisuurpatronen (BUP’s) zoals vastgelegd in de Netverklaring door ProRail. De TU Delft heeft de analysetool PETER ontwikkeld waarmee de stabiliteit van basisuurpatronen op netwerkniveau kunnen worden geanalyseerd op een transparante, non-discriminatoire, controleerbare...

Punctuality of railway operations and timetable stability analysis

Reliability of railway operations becomes more and more demanding with increasing train traffic, which asks for stable and robust timetables capable of neutralizing deviations from scheduled time-distance paths and stabilizing delay propagation. Timetable performance evaluation is thus a crucial aspect in the railway timetable design process to...

Optimal Train Dispatching at Railway Stations: A Discrete Event Dynamic System Approach

Reliability of transfers in a transportation network largely influences the level of service of trip chains. Especially in low-frequency service networks like (long-distance) railway networks. Running and dwell times are typically subject to random variations resulting in arrival delays during operation. If a scheduled transfer connection is...

Synchronization Control of Scheduled Train Services to Minimize Passenger Waiting Times

During operation a transportation service may wait on delayed feeder services to secure scheduled transfers. For low-frequent connecting services this has a major positive impact on the transfer waiting times. However, the resulting synchronization control time of the connecting service also affects the waiting times of originating and through...