The railway crew scheduling problem consists of finding the most efficient duty combination
for railway crews to cover all trains and related activities for a defined period of time. Crew …

During railways operations, unplanned events might occur which can result in rail traffic
being heavily impacted. The paper proposes a passenger-centred resilience assessment for …

More and more unexpected events occur in metro systems, which may cause serious
disturbances and even disruptions for the operation of trains. This paper studies an …

Currently, the challenges of driverless or unattended train operation have not been
described in detail and are often grouped into one category. This paper contributes to filling …

This paper presents a framework to express the role of people in establishing and
maintaining system safety. The Human Functions in Safety (HFiS) framework has been …

This paper analyzes the literature to identify ideas which may be applied to decentralized
realtime railway traffic management. This system represents a new way for dealing with …

Cross-border regions are the laboratories of European integration. Daily interactions across
European borders let citizens experience the benefits of the European Union (EU) internal …

Disruptions occur frequently in railway networks, requiring timetable adjustments, while
causing serious delays and cancellations. However, little is known about the performance …

The robustness of the timetable is a sensitive issue in the daily realization of railway
operations. As shown in the paper, robustness is a function of time reserves that helps to …

In the extensive urban rail transit network, interruptions will lead to service delays on the
current line and spread to other lines, forcing many passengers to wait, detour, or even give …