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...