The energy consumption of trains is highly efficient due to the low friction between steel
wheels and rails, although the efficiency is also influenced largely by the driving strategy …

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 …

Energy-efficient train operation is regarded as an effective way to reduce the operational
cost and carbon emissions in metro systems. Reduction of the traction energy and …

Electric rail transit systems are the large consumers of energy. In trains with regenerative
braking capability, a fraction of the energy used to power a train is regenerated during …

Due to rising energy prices and environmental concerns, the energy efficiency of urban rail
transit has attracted much attention from both researchers and practitioners in recent years …

In the daily operation of metro systems, the train scheduling problem aims to find a set of
space-time paths for multiple trains that determine their departure and arrival times at metro …

In many large cities, metro operations during peak hours are characterized by an
overcrowded and unevenly-distributed passenger demand. This paper introduces a new …

This paper tackles the train timetable optimization problem for metro transit networks (MTN)
in order to enhance the performance of transfer synchronization between different rail lines …

In subway systems, kinetic energy can be converted into electrical one by using
regenerative braking systems. If regenerative energy (RE) is fully used, the energy demands …

In urban rail transit systems, energy conservation is a challenging problem due to the rising
environmental and social issues. The existing literature on this topic usually ignores time …