Metro Timetabling for Time-Varying Passenger Demand and Congestion at Stations

Table 5

Comparison between cyclic and non-cyclic timetables.

Time duration (s)	Timetable type							Gap (%)
0-10800	Non-cyclic		7.2330	14.384	18.069	7	12.320	-
Case 1	Non-cyclic		7.2786	14.402	18.069	7	12.329	0.07
	Cyclic		8.3360	14.523	16.148	6	12.496	1.41
	Cyclic		7.3561	14.406	18.069	7		-
0-4800	Non-cyclic		2.3171	4.9470	7.1411	6	4.3586	-
Case 2	Non-cyclic		2.5489	4.9758	7.1411	6	4.4954	3.04
	Cyclic		2.6102	4.9988	7.1411	6	4.5407	4.01
	Cyclic		2.7619	5.0347	6.8667	6	4.5681	4.59
	Cyclic		2.4989	4.9859	7.4156	7	4.5441	4.08
0-7200	Non-cyclic		4.3948	11.292	13.615	8	8.8022	-
Case 3	Non-cyclic		4.5726	11.328	13.615	8	8.9245	1.37
	Cyclic		4.3975	11.319	14.438	8	9.0243	2.46
	Cyclic		4.7268	11.417	13.615	8	9.0345	2.57
0-10800	Non-cyclic		6.0280	14.301	18.069	7	11.621	-
Case 4	Non-cyclic		6.3113	14.560	18.069	7	11.854	1.97
	Cyclic		6.4638	14.330	18.069	7	11.875	2.14
	Cyclic		6.5981	14.381	17.795	7	11.899	2.34
	Cyclic		6.3572	14.327	18.344	7	11.884	2.21