Railway line capacity consumption of different railway signalling systems under scheduled and disturbed conditions

Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 78-94

  Goverde, Rob M P ^a   Corman, Francesco ^b,c   D'Ariano, Andrea ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacity consumption; Disturbance handling; ERTMS; ETCS; Infrastructure occupation; Schedule optimization

Indexed keywords

BRANCH AND BOUND METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAILROADS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CAPACITY CONSUMPTION; DISTURBANCE HANDLING; ERTMS; ETCS; INFRASTRUCTURE OCCUPATION; SCHEDULE OPTIMIZATIONS;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84894633929     PISSN: 22109706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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