Train Scheduling of Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit System
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yalemzewd, Negash (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gebreaftse, Gebremichael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-14T05:56:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T15:17:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-14T05:56:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T15:17:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Train scheduling is the process of timetabling and train assignment along a given train network. The key objective of this project is to design an efficient train scheduling of Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit system which minimizes passenger waiting time and operational costs without jeopardizing passenger safety. There are many approaches/techniques that are used to model and implement train scheduling especially for light rail transit systems that have many intermediate stations. In this thesis reviewing previous relevant literatures with a special attention paid to the light rail transit systems, quantitative analysis and simulation methods are being used. The scheduling is being generated using two separate rule-based systems that are off peak hours and peak hours. The main components of train scheduling such as trains, stations, routes are being described or specified with their constructive parameters. The mathematical model components proposed are being analyzed, and the extent that reflects real business practice is being presented. It was uncovered that the objective function which includes both the service level objective (minimizing passenger travel and waiting time) and the operational objective (minimizing the number of trains) especially for the Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (AALRT) system as it is new in Ethiopia. Finally, this paper is focused on the constraints involved on the current system that can be used to generate an efficient train scheduling which is being modeled, solved the model, validated the model via simulation and verified the results in such a way that the schedule is made to be displayed at any station to show the trains allocated along that route with their arrival and departure times on the operating time of whole day to satisfy the desired service levels. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/24007 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Train Scheduling | en_US |
| dc.subject | Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit System | en_US |
| dc.subject | Quantitative Modeling | en_US |
| dc.subject | Simulation | en_US |
| dc.title | Train Scheduling of Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit System | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |