The current mobility situation is constantly changing as people are increasingly moving to
urban areas. Therefore, a flexible mode of transport with high-capacity passenger trains and …

This paper proposes a model for designing a passenger railway service in the framework of
a virtual coupling scenario, where automated trains can be grouped to form a convoy. In …

城市轨道交通(简称“城轨”) 存在高峰期拥挤, 平低峰期运力浪费的问题, 能够根据客流实时变化
动态调整线路运力的虚拟编组技术已逐渐成为轨道交通列车运行控制系统的发展方向和研究 …

The real-time dynamic coupling under the virtual-coupling technology guarantees running
multi-group trains in different sections based on passenger flow's spatial and temporal …

The advancement of virtual coupling technology in urban rail transit has facilitated the online
coupling and decoupling of trains, enabling a range of flexible transportation configurations …

Virtual coupling is gaining in popularity as a promising development direction to maximize
the rail‐line efficiency by minimizing the headway distance among trains in the presence of …

Group train operation (GTO) applications have reduced the tracking intervals for overloaded
trains, and can affect the efficiency of rail transport. In this paper, we first analyze the …

In the last decades, the rise of automation and communication technologies in railway sector
has boosted more and more opportunities to design new and innovative solutions to …

Urban rail transit has the potential to utilize surplus capacity to carry out urban freight
transportation during off-peak periods. Based on the characteristics of virtual coupling …

Metros have the problems of passenger crowding during the peak hours and waste of
transport capacity during the non-rush hours. Virtual coupling (VC) is expected to be a good …