Conference paper
Network effects in railways
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.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | WIT Press |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 391-401 |
Proceedings: | 13th International Conference on Design and Operation in Railway Enginering |
Series: | W I T Transactions on the Built Environment |
Journal subtitle: | Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems |
ISBN: | 128363354x , 1845646169 , 1845646177 , 9781283633543 , 9781845646165 and 9781845646172 |
ISSN: | 17464498 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.2495/CR120331 |