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A Study on the Additional Train Scheduling Method

열차 증편방법에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Young-Hoon (Policy-Technology Convergence Research Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute) ;
  • Rim, Suk-Chul (Department of Industrial Engineering Ajou University)
  • Received : 2014.05.20
  • Accepted : 2014.08.07
  • Published : 2014.08.31

Abstract

Additional train scheduling is often required to increase the capacity of transporting passengers or freight. In most previous studies on scheduling additional trains, operation time of the added train is designated first; and then the train operation feasibility is examined. However, it is often difficult to apply this approach to domestic trains because the density of the railroad network in Korea is high and various types of trains are in use. Moreover, for freight trains, it is even more challenging because the delay is accumulated due to lower priority whenever a freight train and a passenger train contend for a common segment of rail. In this paper, we address the additional train scheduling problem which entails finding a feasible schedule for an additional train having a fixed departure time or departure time windows. The problem is modeled as a mixed integer programming and a column generation technique is used to solve it.

여객 증편열차 운영은 수송력 보강이나 관광열차 운행을 위해 증편된다. 화물열차의 경우는 철도화물수요를 위해 주로 증편된다. 기존 연구들에서는 증편열차 스케줄 작성을 위해 추가 열차의 운행시각을 지정한 후에 운행가능성을 판단한다. 그러나 국내에서 이러한 방법의 경우 추가열차의 증편이 불가능한 경우가 많다. 왜냐하면 한국철도 네트워크는 운행밀도가 높고 여러 차종이 있기 때문이다. 특히 화물열차의 경우 여객열차와의 경합이 발생할 때마다 지연이 증가되거나 운행이 불가능하다. 본 논문에서는 출발시각이 지정된 요청열차 스케줄과 시간범위 내에 운행 가능한 스케줄을 찾을 수 있는 열차 증편모형을 제시한다. 제시된 모형은 혼합정수 계획법으로 모델링하고 열 생성기법을 사용하였다.

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