Research on Passenger Train Plans for Dedicated Passenger Traffic Lines

In this paper, a multi-object optimum model of passenger train plans for dedicated passenger traffic lines is established by balancing benefits of both railway transportation corporations and passengers, and a method to solve optimization of passenger train plans is given. The included restoring time function where a passenger transfers among several kinds of passenger trains, the ideas that differeat consume-level passengers choose different kinds of passenger trains, the formula to calculate the number of running trains , the principle of a train absorbing passengers and the dynamic programming to determine the train classification, all reflect the laws of the railway passenger traffic organization and market. The method has been applied in prefeasibility study of dedicated passenger lines successfully. It needs just about 100 seconds to calculatea passenger train plan with 60 stations and the result is satisfactory.