Railway Track Allocation: Models and Methods

Richard Martin Lusby, Jesper Larsen, Matthias Ehrgott, David Ryan

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    Abstract

    Eciently coordinating the movement of trains on a railway network is a central part of the planning process for a railway company. This paper reviews models and methods that have been proposed in the literature to assist planners in nding train routes. Since the problem of routing trains on a railway network entails allocating the track capacity of the network (or part thereof) over time in a con ict-free manner, all studies that model railway track allocation in some capacity are considered relevant. We hence survey work on the train timetabling, train dispatching, train platforming, and train routing problems, group them by railway network type, and discuss track allocation from a strategic, tactical, and operational level.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationKgs. Lyngby
    PublisherDTU Management
    Edition3
    Number of pages29
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    SeriesDTU Management 2009
    Number3

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