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Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption

t.h. le,
b. jaumard
Computer Science and Software Engineering Department, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G1MB
International Journal of Transport Development and Integration
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Volume 1, Issue 3, 2017
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Pages 501-510
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Abstract:

We consider energy-efficient scheduling of freight trains on a line with single-track sections, as is the case on many freight railways routes in North America. We determine the train speed that minimizes the energy consumption, taking into account the departure and arrival times and exploiting the waiting times. The proposed energy consumption model takes into account the ground topography, the speed, the number of axles the axle load and the type of locomotives. Some experiments are conducted in order to estimate the energy gain when adapting the train speed, using Canada Pacific Railway (CPR) data.

Keywords: freight trains, optimization modeling
Data Availability

The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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[2] Bai, Y., Mao, Y., Zhou, F., Ding, Y. & Dong, C., Energy-efficient driving strategy forfreight trains based on power consumption analysis. Journal of Transportation, SystemsEngineering and Information Technology, 9, pp. 43–50, 2009.
[3] Chang, D. & Morlok, E., Vehicle speed profiles to minimize work and fuel consumption.Journal of Transportation Engineering, 131, pp. 173–182, 2005.
[4] Howlett, P.G., Vu, X., Pudney, P.J., Local energy minimization in optimal train control.Automatica, 45, pp. 2692–2698, 2009.
[5] Ghoseiri, K., Szidarovszky, F. & Asgharpour, M.J., A multi-objective train schedulingmodel and solution 2004. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 38(10), pp.927–952, 2004.
[6] Radford, R.W., Fuel consumption of freight trains hauled by diesel electric locomotive.Journal of Engineering for Industry, 105, pp. 75–87, 1983.
[7] ARE MA, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association Manual,Maryland, USA, 2003.
[8] Jaumard, B., Le, T., Tian, H., Akgunduz, A. & Finnie, P., A dynamic row/columnmanagement algorithm for freight train scheduling. 12th Workshop on AlgorithmicApproaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS), Ljubljana,Slovenia, pp. 1–12, 2012.
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Le, T. H. & Jaumard, B. (2017). Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption. Int. J. Transp. Dev. Integr., 1(3), 501-510. https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N3-501-510
T. H. Le and B. Jaumard, "Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption," Int. J. Transp. Dev. Integr., vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 501-510, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N3-501-510
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T.H. Le, et al. "Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption." International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, v 1, pp 501-510. doi: https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N3-501-510
T.H. Le and B. Jaumard. "Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption." International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, 1, (2017): 501-510. doi: https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N3-501-510
LE T H， JAUMARD B. Freight Train Scheduling with Minimum Energy Consumption[J]. International Journal of Transport Development and Integration， 2017， 1(3)： 501-510. https://doi.org/10.2495/TDI-V1-N3-501-510