EXTENDING A TRAIN PATHING MODEL FROM ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY TRACK
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1994
Subject Area
operations - traffic, infrastructure - track, infrastructure - bus/tram lane, mode - rail, mode - pedestrian, mode - pedestrian
Keywords
Walkways, Walks, Two way traffic, Two lane roads, Two lane highways, Train traffic, Single track, Railroad traffic, Pedestrian walkways, Paths, Models, Mathematical models, Footways
Abstract
A train pathing model and algorithms for a rail network was presented and tested in a previous paper. There, it was assumed that each rail line has two or more tracks and each was dedicated to traffic in one direction as is usual in Europe. Here, the author shows how to adapt and extend that model and algorithms so as to handle trains on single line two-way track, as is usual in North America. Though introducing two-way track makes the formulation appear more complex, the author shows that somewhat surprisingly, (a) it does not increase the number of constraints or variables, including 0-1 variables, and (b) the model with two-way track should generally be easier to solve.
Recommended Citation
Carey, M, (1994). EXTENDING A TRAIN PATHING MODEL FROM ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY TRACK. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 28, Issue 5, p. 395-400.
Comments
Transportation Research Part B Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615