With the rapid development of communication, control and computer technologies in the last
several decades, automatic train operation (ATO), for which the driver no longer has to …

The fuel efficiency of the transportation sector has become a key factor to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption in response to the negative impacts of …

Urban rail transit is an efficient public transport, and reducing their energy consumption is
beneficial to climate change and sustainable development. Current researches in metro …

Train speed profile optimization is an efficient approach to reducing energy consumption in
urban rail transit systems. Different from most existing studies that assume deterministic …

In this paper, we investigate the design of stationary ESSs based on supercapacitors (SCs)
for metro network (MN). We implement a simulation tool in order to estimate the power flow …

Nowadays one of the main priorities for metro line operators is the reduction of energy
consumption, due to the environmental impact and economic cost. In order to achieve this …

Train speed trajectory optimization is a significant issue in railway traffic systems, and it
plays a key role in determining energy consumption and travel time of trains. Due to the …

This paper investigates the benefits of exploiting weather conditions for energy optimal
driving. Optimization approaches are introduced that are based on the fact that weather …

In this paper, we investigate the performances of two different algorithms for calculating the
metro vehicles speed profiles minimizing the energy consumption of a given path. The …

An optimal velocity trajectory planning strategy for the Autonomous-Rail Rapid Tram (ART)
is proposed in this paper to guarantee the punctuality of operation, minimize energy …