The importance of a mobility system based on railway technology as the backbone of public transport is now widely acknowledged. Indeed, rail systems are green, high-performing, smart and able to ensure a high degree of safety. Therefore modal split should be steered towards rail transport by increasing the attractiveness of this transport mode. In this context, a key element is represented by the timetabling design phase, which must aim to guarantee an appropriate degree of robustness of rail operations in order to ensure a high degree of system reliability and increase service quality. A crucial factor in the task of timetabling entails evaluating dwell times at stations. The innovative feature of this paper is the analytical definition of dwell times as flow-dependent. Our proposal is based on estimating dwell times according to the crowding level at platforms and related interaction between passengers and the rail service in terms of user behaviour when a train arrives. An application in the case of a real metro system is provided in order to show the feasibility of the proposed approach.
Methodology for determining dwell times consistent with passenger flows in the case of metro services / D'Acierno, Luca; Botte, Marilisa; Placido, Antonio; Caropreso, C.; Montella, Bruno. - In: URBAN RAIL TRANSIT. - ISSN 2199-6679. - 3:2(2017), pp. 73-89. [10.1007/s40864-017-0062-4]
Methodology for determining dwell times consistent with passenger flows in the case of metro services
D'ACIERNO, LUCA;BOTTE, MARILISA;PLACIDO, ANTONIO;MONTELLA, BRUNO
2017
Abstract
The importance of a mobility system based on railway technology as the backbone of public transport is now widely acknowledged. Indeed, rail systems are green, high-performing, smart and able to ensure a high degree of safety. Therefore modal split should be steered towards rail transport by increasing the attractiveness of this transport mode. In this context, a key element is represented by the timetabling design phase, which must aim to guarantee an appropriate degree of robustness of rail operations in order to ensure a high degree of system reliability and increase service quality. A crucial factor in the task of timetabling entails evaluating dwell times at stations. The innovative feature of this paper is the analytical definition of dwell times as flow-dependent. Our proposal is based on estimating dwell times according to the crowding level at platforms and related interaction between passengers and the rail service in terms of user behaviour when a train arrives. An application in the case of a real metro system is provided in order to show the feasibility of the proposed approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.