Abstract: This paper proposes an iterative approach to construct a passenger robust railway routing plan and timetable from scratch that also takes supplement and buffer time allocation into account on the signaling level. Each iteration is based on four pillars, which are subsequently executed. First a routing plan that optimizes infrastructure usage is constructed. Secondly, a timetable is constructed that optimizes buffer times between trains while taking passenger numbers into account. Thirdly, simulation is used to evaluate the passenger robustness ...
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Transport engineering