Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DTU
Abstract
This paper deals with disruption management in passenger
railway transportation. In the disruption management process, many
actors belonging to different organizations play a role. In this paper
we therefore describe the process itself and the roles of the
different actors.
Furthermore, we discuss the three main subproblems in railway
disruption management: timetable adjustment, and rolling stock and
crew re-scheduling. Next to a general description of these problems,
we give an overview of the existing literature and we present some
details of the specific situations at DSB S-tog and NS. These are
the railway operators in the suburban area of Copenhagen, Denmark,
and on the main railway lines in the Netherlands, respectively.
Since not much research has been carried out yet on Operations
Research models for disruption management in the railway context,
models and techniques that have been developed for related problems
in the airline world are discussed as well.
Finally, we address the integration of the re-scheduling processes
of the timetable, and the resources rolling stock and crew