Increasing robustness at single-track lines using the indicator robustness in passing pointss

• When several trains are planned to use the same infrastructure resource, there is always a risk for spreading of delays, which can be hard to recover from. It is a challenge for the Infrastructure Manager to make timetables that accommodate as much traffic as possible, without causing bad on-time performance. Timetable planners are in need of quantitative indicators to assess timetable robustness and accurate methods for how to make the timetable more robust.In this paper we assess the robustness for single-track lines with non-periodic timetables. At single-track lines, trains use the line for running in both directions and the trains can only pass or overtake each other at passing loops. This makes the system more sensitive for delays. In this paper we present a robustness indicator which captures the dependencies between trains at a single-track line. The indicator can be used to illustrate weaknesses in a timetable and also to indicate where and how to insert more robustness. In a simulation study, we show that it is possible to improve the performance by making small timetable adjustments according the indicator, without increasing runtimes or capacity utilization.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Transportteknik och logistik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Transport Systems and Logistics (hsv//eng)

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