Research Article

Optimal Coordination of Last Trains for Maximum Transfer Accessibility with Heterogeneous Walking Time

Table 1

Notations and variables.

Model parameters

Set of urban rail lines, indexed by l, l′. The upstream and downstream directions of a line are considered as two separated lines.
Set of two terminal stations and transfer stations on line l, Sl =, where nl + 1 is the number of stations on line l
Transfer at station s from line l to l
Departure time of the last train from the starting station on line l
,Lower and upper bound for the running time of the last train from station s-1 to station s on line l
,Lower and upper bound for the dwell time of the last train at station s on line l
Upper bound for the total travel time of the last train on line l
Departure time of the penultimate train from station s on line l
Minimal safety headway between successive departure of trains on line l
Minimal safety headway between the departure of the penultimate train and the arrival of the last train on line l
Transfer walking time of passengers at transfer direction i
Probability distribution function of transfer walking time at transfer direction i
Transfer demand at transfer direction i

Decision variables

Running time of the last train from station s-1 to station s on line l
Dwell time of the last train at station s on line l
Arrival time of the last train at station s on line l
Departure time of the last train from station s on line l
Violation of upper bound for the dwell time at station s on line l
Transfer redundant time for the last-train passengers in transfer direction i
Binary variable indicating transfer accessibility of transfer direction i with the fixed transfer walking time
Continuous variable indicating transfer accessibility of transfer direction i with the heterogeneous transfer walking time