Flexible Train Composition Mode–Based Rolling Stock Circulation Planning Problem for Regional Rapid Rail Transit
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Abstract
Regional rapid rail transit is an emerging rail transit system in China in recent years, with the same level of service frequency and longer station spacing as metro. The traditional fixed train composition mode has weak adaptability to its unbalanced transport demand in time and space, leading to high rolling stock traveling kilometers and operation costs. As a novel operation strategy, the flexible train composition mode can make up for this shortcoming, but the matched rolling stock circulation planning is a complex optimization problem. This paper proposes an operation mechanism of the rolling stock circulation plan under flexible train composition mode with multiple coupling/decoupling operation sites for regional rapid rail transit, where trains can change compositions at both terminal and intermediate stations. A mixed‐integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model is constructed for rolling stock circulation planning based on the proposed mechanism. The optimization objective is to minimize the total operation costs of train services, depot entry/exit processes, and coupling/decoupling activities at terminal and intermediate stations. The model is then reformulated to an equivalent mixed‐integer linear programming (MILP) model, which can be solved by the CPLEX solver. A numerical experiment based on the real‐world data from a regional rapid rail transit line in China is designed to verify the effectiveness of the model and solution approaches. The results show that the obtained rolling stock circulation plan effectively reduces the rolling stock traveling kilometers and operation costs with the pregiven timetable. The methods in this paper provide dispatchers with more options to better match the transport demand of regional rapid rail transit.
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