Comparing the effectiveness of fixed, virtual, and moving block train control systems on a mixed single-and double-track US freight rail corridor

G Roscoe, CT Dick - Transportation research record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
As the nationwide installation of positive train control (PTC) technology has recently been
completed, freight railroads are searching for ways to leverage the technology to improve …

A Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Online Optimization Approach for Virtual Coupling Trains With Communication Delay

Y Guo, X Pei, X Luo, H Liu, T Tang… - IEEE Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual coupling allows multiple trains to run synchronously in a virtually coupled formation
via train-to-train (T2T) wireless communication. The distance between virtual coupling trains …

An optimal scheduling method for heavy haul trains with virtual coupling technology

L Wu, H Ye, W Dong, M Jiang, X Yu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy haul transportation enjoys the benefits of cost-efficiency by using long trains, but
suffers from high cost in combination process and low efficiency in bottleneck areas. Virtual …

A virtual coupling operation strategy based on state transition considering special case

W Liu, W Shangguan, H Song… - 2022 China Automation …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aiming at the operation strategy of high-speed trains for Virtual Coupling, a new method
based on state transition is proposed in this paper. This method combines partial speed …