Optimizing the Long-Term Operating Plan of Railway Marshalling Station for Capacity Utilization Analysis

Table 4

The optimization results of different planning horizons and inbound train flows.

Planning horizon (d)	Inbound trains number	Variance of arrival time	Railcars average staying time (min)			Computing time (min)
			L = 6 h	L = 12 h	L = 24 h	L = 6 h	L = 12 h	L = 24 h
5	100	0.5	268	267	271	9.5	7.2	9.9
		1	271	272	279	9.7	7.3	9.6
	150	0.5	246	247	256	22.1	13.4	22.7
		1	251	254	273	21.8	12.7	22.1
	200	0.5	317	318	339	47.2	30.9	44.7
		1	319	321	344	48.4	31.6	43.5
10	200	0.5	270	273	282	20.8	19.2	21.2
		1	274	276	283	21.3	18.2	20.5
	300	0.5	248	251	257	68.2	46.7	56.7
		1	253	258	262	67.5	47.2	57.5
	400	0.5	324	325	332	110.2	85.9	96.8
		1	324	326	334	110.4	86.3	97.2