1981•Transport Research for Social and Economic Progress. Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Transport ResearchUnited Kingdom GovernmentOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentEuropean Conference of Ministers of TransportRequires access
The “WRB” Model for the Operational Planning of Railway Freight Transportation
Klaus D Wiegand
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Abstract
This paper gives a brief overview of a project begun in 1971 by the German Railway System to study the operational planning of long-distance freight trains in the German railway network. This project performed an investigation of the economy of long-distance traffic, analysis and mathematic description of the operational planning of long-distance trains in the large shunting stations of the DB and the development and implementation of a model complex “WRB. The paper demonstrates the practical models and shows their economy through long term continued use as theoretical alternative plans without conversion into operations practice.