Network effects in railways

Alex Landex

doi:10.2495/CR120331

Network effects in railways

Alex Landex

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Railway operation is often affected by network effects as a change in one part of the network can influence other parts of the network. Network effects occur because the train runs may be quite long and since the railway system has a high degree of interdependencies as trains cannot cross/overtake each other everywhere in the network. First this paper describes network effects in general (section 1). In section 2 the network effects for trains and how they can be measured by scheduled waiting time is described. When the trains are affected by network effects the passengers are also affected. Therefore, sections 3 and 4 describe the network effects for passengers and how they can be measured using passenger delay models. Before the concluding remarks in section 6, section 5 discusses how the operation can be improved by examining network effects in the planning process. © 2012 WIT Press.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers in Railways XIII : Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems
Editors	C.A. Brabbia, N. Tomii, J.M. Mera, B. Ning, P. Tzieropoulos
Volume	127
Place of Publication	Ashurst
Publisher	WIT Press
Publication date	2012
Pages	391-401
ISBN (Print)	978-1-84564-616-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-84564-617-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2495/CR120331
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	13th International Conference on Design and Operation in Railway Enginering: COMPRAIL XIII - Wessex Institute of Technology, New Forest, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Sept 2012 → 13 Sept 2012 Conference number: 13

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Conference	13th International Conference on Design and Operation in Railway Enginering
Number	13
Location	Wessex Institute of Technology
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	New Forest
Period	11/09/2012 → 13/09/2012

Series	W I T Transactions on the Built Environment
Volume	127
ISSN	1746-4498

Keywords

Network effect
Train delay
Passenger delay
Scheduled waiting time

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Landex, A 2012, Network effects in railways. in CA Brabbia, N Tomii, JM Mera, B Ning & P Tzieropoulos (eds), Computers in Railways XIII: Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems. vol. 127, WIT Press, Ashurst, W I T Transactions on the Built Environment, vol. 127, pp. 391-401, 13th International Conference on Design and Operation in Railway Enginering, New Forest, United Kingdom, 11/09/2012. https://doi.org/10.2495/CR120331

Network effects in railways. / Landex, Alex.
Computers in Railways XIII: Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems. ed. / C.A. Brabbia; N. Tomii; J.M. Mera; B. Ning; P. Tzieropoulos. Vol. 127 Ashurst: WIT Press, 2012. p. 391-401 (W I T Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol. 127).

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