Author(s)

P.J. Zwanevelcf, L.G. Kroon & H.W. Ambergen

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of routing trains through railway stations. This problem is to be solved within the Decision Support System DONS: Designer of Network Schedules. This system is developed to support the strategic planning process related to the required future capacity of the Dutch railway infrastructure. The latter capacity will be assessed with the help of DONS by generating a number of plausible timetables, and by checking whether these timetables are feasible, given certain scenarios for the future railway infrastructure. In this paper we give a description of the routing problem to be solved and of the relevant context. Then we formulate the problem as an integer linear programming model. The first objective is

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