Shunting of Passenger Train Units in a Railway Station

23 Pages Posted: 17 Feb 2003

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Richard Freling

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, ECOPT & ERIM (Deceased)

R.M. Lentink

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Center for Optimization in Public Transport (ECOPT); Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM); ORTEC Consultants

L. G. Kroon

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM); NS Reizigers - Department of Logistics

Dennis Huisman

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Econometrics; Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Center for Optimization in Public Transport (ECOPT)

Date Written: September 2002 9,

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the problem of shunting passenger trainunits in a railway station. Shunting occurs whenever train units aretemporarily not necessary to operate a given timetable. We discussseveral aspects of this problem and focus on two subproblems. Wepropose mathematical models for these subproblems together with asolution method based on column generation. Furthermore, a newefficient and speedy solution technique for pricing problems in columngeneration algorithms is introduced. Finally, we present computationalresults based on real life instances from Netherlands Railways.

Keywords: railway optimization, column generation, real world application, logistics

JEL Classification: M, M11, R4, C61

Suggested Citation

Freling, Richard and Lentink, Ramon M. and Kroon, Leo and Huisman, Dennis, Shunting of Passenger Train Units in a Railway Station (September 2002 9,). ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2002-74-LIS, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=371017

Richard Freling

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, ECOPT & ERIM (Deceased)

Ramon M. Lentink (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Center for Optimization in Public Transport (ECOPT) ( email )

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Leo Kroon

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Technology and Operations Management ( email )

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Dennis Huisman

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Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus Center for Optimization in Public Transport (ECOPT)

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Netherlands

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