Towards Optimal Railway Track Utilization Based On Societal Benefit

Author : Victoria Svedberg
Publisher : Linköping University Electronic Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789176852354

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Towards optimal railway track utilization based on societal benefit by Victoria Svedberg Pdf

Infrastructure managers in railway systems are striving to have as e?cient track utilization as possible. There are no unanimous interpretation of e?ciency in terms of track utilization, but the aim of the Swedish Transport Administration is to allocate track capacity such that societal bene?t is maximized. This means that the tracks should be used by as much tra?c as possible and by tra?c that provides as much bene?t for the society as possible. To allocate track capacity such that the track utilization is optimal would be an easy task if the track capacity were not a scarce resource. Today, many train operators share railway network and there are cases when two or more operators want to use the same track capacity at the same time. The infrastructure manager must then make priorities and reject some operators, and the question is which operators to reject. The guiding principle is to grant the operators that provide the highest societal bene?t access to the tracks. However, the question would then change into how to know which operator that provides the highest societal bene?t. In this thesis, the societal bene?t of publicly subsidized tra?c is estimated using social cost-bene?t analysis. Mathematical models and methods are developed for quantifying and computing the number of departures for the publicly subsidized tra?c and their distribution in time, i.e. a train timetable, that provides the maximal societal bene?t in a social cost-bene?t analysis setting. The societal bene?t of commercial tra?c is estimated using the market value for their requested train timetables. The market value is set using dynamic pricing. A suggestion of a dynamic pricing process that can be used in the train timetabling process is described. Mathematical models and methods for calculating the supply and demand of a track access request are developed and tested, which enables the use of a dynamic pricing process on track capacity

Author : Abderrahman Ait Ali
Publisher : Linköping University Electronic Press
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9789179297718

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Methods for Capacity Allocation in Deregulated Railway Markets by Abderrahman Ait Ali Pdf

Faced with increasing challenges, railways around Europe have recently undergone major reforms aiming to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the railway sector. New market structures such as vertical separation, deregulation and open access can allow for reduced public expenditures, increased market competition, and more efficient railway systems. However, these structures have introduced new challenges for managing infrastructure and operations. Railway capacity allocation, previously internally performed within monopolistic national companies, are now conferred to an infrastructure manager. The manager is responsible for transparent and efficient allocation of available capacity to the different (often competing) licensed railway undertakings. This thesis aims at developing a number of methods that can help allocate capacity in a deregulated (vertically separated) railway market. It focuses on efficiency in terms of social welfare, and transparency in terms of clarity and fairness. The work is concerned with successive allocation of capacity for publicly controlled and commercial traffic within a segmented railway market. The contributions include cost benefit analysis methods that allow public transport authorities to assess the social welfare of their traffic, and create efficient schedules. The thesis also describes a market-based transparent capacity allocation where infrastructure managers price commercial train paths to solve capacity conflicts with publicly controlled traffic. Additionally, solution methods are developed to help estimate passenger demand, which is a necessary input both for resolving conflicts, and for creating efficient timetables. Future capacity allocation in deregulated markets may include solution methods from this thesis. However, further experimentations are still required to address concerns such as data, legislation and acceptability. Moreover, future works can include prototyping and pilot projects on the proposed solutions, and investigating legal and digitalisation strategies to facilitate the implementation of such solutions. Med ökande utmaningar har järnvägar runt om i Europa genomgått stora reformer som syftar till att förbättra järnvägssektorns effektivitet och konkurrenskraft. Nya marknadsstrukturer såsom vertikal separering, avreglering och öppet tillträde för flera operatörer kan möjliggöra minskade offentliga kostnader, ökad marknadskonkurrens och effektivare järnvägssystem. Denna omreglering av järnvägsmarknaderna har dock skapat nya utmaningar för hanteringen av järnvägsinfrastruktur och drift. Tilldelning av järnvägskapacitet, vilket tidigare sköttes inom nationella monopolföretag, måste nu göras av en infrastrukturförvaltare (infrastructure manager). Förvaltarens kapacitetstilldelning till olika (ofta konkurrerande) licensierade järnvägsföretag (railway undertakings) måste samtidigt vara transparent, rättvis och leda till ett effektivt kapacitetsutnyttjande. I denna avhandling utvecklas metoder som kan användas av en infrastrukturförvaltare för att tilldela kapacitet i en avreglerad järnvägsmarknad. Den fokuserar på samhällsekonomiskt effektiva utfall men även transparens, tydlighet och rättvisa. Avhandlingens bidrag omfattar samhällsekonomiska analysmetoder som gör det möjligt för regionala kollektivtrafikmyndigheter att bedöma den samhällsekonomiska effektiviteten för deras trafikering och skapa ett effektivt utbud. Med dessa metoder som utgångspunkt beskrivs en marknadsbaserad och transparent tilldelningsprocess för kapacitet där infrastrukturförvaltare prissätter kommersiella tåglägen för att lösa kapacitetskonflikter med offentligt kontrollerad trafik. Dessutom utvecklas optimeringsmetoder för att estimera passagerarefterfrågan och för att skapa effektiva tågtidtabeller. Framtida kapacitetstilldelning på avreglerade marknader kan inkludera lösningsmetoder från denna avhandling. Ytterligare experiment krävs dock fortfarande för att hantera problem såsom data, lagstiftning och godtagbarhet. Dessutom kan framtida arbete omfatta prototyper och pilotprojekt av de föreslagna lösningarna och undersöka lagliga och digitaliseringsstrategier för att underlätta implementeringen av sådana lösningar.

Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789282103524

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Railway Reform and Charges for the Use of Infrastructure by European Conference of Ministers of Transport Pdf

This book explains how barriers to growth in rail freight transport across Europe can be overcome. It recommends a simple set of charges that create incentives for management and planning of train operations across national borders.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 4418 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780081026724

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International Encyclopedia of Transportation by Anonim Pdf

In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs and time, transportation has become even more important as a facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest in how transportation interacts with society and the need to provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on transportation across the world, at local, national and international levels. Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume Set - containing almost 600 articles - brings a cross-cutting and integrated approach to all aspects of transportation from a variety of interdisciplinary fields including engineering, operations research, economics, geography and sociology in order to understand the changes taking place. Emphasising the interaction between these different aspects of research, it offers new solutions to modern-day problems related to transportation. Each of its nine sections is based around familiar themes, but brings together the views of experts from different disciplinary perspectives. Each section is edited by a subject expert who has commissioned articles from a range of authors representing different disciplines, different parts of the world and different social perspectives. The nine sections are structured around the following themes: Transport Modes; Freight Transport and Logistics; Transport Safety and Security; Transport Economics; Traffic Management; Transport Modelling and Data Management; Transport Policy and Planning; Transport Psychology; Sustainability and Health Issues in Transportation. Some articles provide a technical introduction to a topic whilst others provide a bridge between topics or a more future-oriented view of new research areas or challenges. The end result is a reference work that offers researchers and practitioners new approaches, new ways of thinking and novel solutions to problems. All-encompassing and expertly authored, this outstanding reference work will be essential reading for all students and researchers interested in transportation and its global impact in what is a very uncertain world. Provides a forward looking and integrated approach to transportation Updated with future technological impacts, such as self-driving vehicles, cyber-physical systems and big data analytics Includes comprehensive coverage Presents a worldwide approach, including sets of comparative studies and applications

Author : Richard Pryke,John Dodgson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000314960

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The British Rail Problem by Richard Pryke,John Dodgson Pdf

This book formulates a new strategy for the railways, trying to discover how much traffic British Rail can hope to obtain. It looks at two fundamental assumptions on which the Board's case for a large and virtually open-ended subsidy rests.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215025733

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Integrated Transport by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Pdf

Integrated Transport : The future of light rail and modern trams in the United Kingdom, tenth report of session 2004-05, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

Author : Justina Hudenko
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781527535749

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Track Access Charges in Freight Transport by Justina Hudenko Pdf

Given that there are still many unclear concepts, mutual contradictions and imperfections in methodologies used in the field of track access charging, this book acts as a communication tool for researchers, and discusses these charges with regard to rail freight competitiveness. It addresses four main topics: namely, the technical features of freight transportation and the costs incurred; the impact of incoherence and volatility of freight traffic volume; the market response to the track access charge level; and the influence of transport policy and state subsidies. The text will appeal to infrastructure managers around the world, especially those in networks where there is an intention either to facilitate the shift of freight to railways or to develop rail freight corridors. It illustrates that there are significant differences in the causation of costs on passenger and freight railways, and raises important questions that must be considered when communicating with consumers and the state.

Author : K. B. Verma
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8171881211

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Readings in Indian Railway Finance by K. B. Verma Pdf

Contributed articles.

Author : Wang Zhou,Jia Li-min,Li-min Jia
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781608051380

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The Theory and Method of Design and Optimization for Railway Intelligent Transportation Systems (RITS) by Wang Zhou,Jia Li-min,Li-min Jia Pdf

This book explains the theory and methods of system optimization design for railway intelligent transportation systems (RITS), which optimizes RITS total performance by decreasing the difficulty and cost of system development and increasing the system efficiency. Readers will understand key concepts of RITS and the latest research relevant to China and other countries where RITSs have been developed. The book is suitable for university scholars in the field of railway transportation.

Author : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264017146

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ECMT Round Tables User Charges for Railway Infrastructure by European Conference of Ministers of Transport Pdf

Now that railway infrastructure and train operations have been separated in Europe -- at least for accounting purposes -- user charges for infrastructure are progressively being introduced to cover the costs of running trains. However, because of ...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030152607

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company Abandonment of Cross Lake Michigan Car Ferry Service (WI,MI) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Limin Jia,Li Wang,Yong Qin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662630334

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High-Speed Railway Operation Under Emergent Conditions by Limin Jia,Li Wang,Yong Qin Pdf

This book addresses the current development status of high-speed railways globally and analyzes their operational schemes and practices under emergent conditions. It covers methods and problem-solving philosophy with regard to complexity analysis, capacity evaluation, passenger-flow forecasts, operating strategies, passenger-flow allocation, resource allocation and supporting technologies in the context of serious accidents and adverse environmental influences on train operation and service organization of high-speed railways. The abnormal scenarios, emergent conditions, adverse events and corresponding theoretical and applicational solutions dealing with the train operation both in line and network scale are all from real-world cases related to and designed for Chinese high-speed railway network which is the largest in scale, the highest in complexity and the most difficult in tackling with the complex and diverse climate and geographical environment , and thus makes the book both theoretically rigorous and practically applicable. It not only helps readers consider the train and network interactions from the perspective of complexity science, but also provides them with a philosophical framework and approaches available to construct their own roadmap and problem-solving paradigms in their daily research or management. This book is suitable for researchers, postgraduates and managerial and engineering practitioners in railway-related fields, especially in high-speed railway operation and emergency management.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215543971

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Priorities for investment in the railways by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Pdf

Incorporating HC 1056, session 2008-09

Author : Linya Liu,Zifeng Zhong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819964239

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Introduction to High-Speed Railway by Linya Liu,Zifeng Zhong Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of various aspects of high-speed railways, such as infrastructure, communication signals, traction power supply, trainsets, and transportation organization. It delves into the basic concepts, fundamental theories, and the latest technological achievements in these areas, equipping readers with a strong foundation in the subject matter. The content is organized into eight chapters: Introduction, High-Speed Railway Lines and Infrastructure, Power Supply Systems, High-Speed Railway Trainsets, Signal and Communication Systems, Transportation Organization, Passenger Services, and Maglev Railways. Each chapter explores different facets of high-speed railway systems, focusing on the unique characteristics, design principles, and operational methodologies that set them apart from traditional railway systems. The book also highlights recent breakthroughs and innovations in the field, giving readers a glimpse of the future potential of high-speed railways. The book is tailored to meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in railway transportation, railway engineering, locomotive vehicles, electrical traction, signal communication, and related fields. It offers a systematic and in-depth understanding of high-speed railway systems, enabling students to grasp the subject matter and apply their knowledge to real-world situations. It can also be a training material for railway professionals looking to expand their knowledge and skills in high-speed railway systems. Furthermore, the book can be a useful reference for postgraduate students engaged in research in relevant fields. It offers a wealth of information and insights, assisting researchers in understanding the intricacies of high-speed railway systems, and exploring new avenues for innovation and improvement.

Author : E. J. Mishan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136629549

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Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals) by E. J. Mishan Pdf

First published in 1981, Professor Mishan’s Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare is a collection of 22 pioneering essays written while the author was teaching at the London School of Economics and chosen to indicate landmarks in the development of his own thought. Professor Mishan, who also enjoys an international reputation as a popular writer on the impact of modern economic growth on social welfare, is among the foremost authorities in the field of resource allocation, and his influence in his subject area has been profound. Mishan’s essays, while generally accessible to the layman due to the author’s lucidity, his economy in the use of mathematical notation and his concern with perspective, are invaluable reading for the economics undergraduate. The essays are particularly relevant to upper level students of project appraisal, welfare economics and cost benefit analysis requiring a coherent survey of their field of study.