An Empirical Study on the Design of China High-Speed Rail Express Train Operation Plan—From a Sustainable Transport Perspective

Yu, Xiaojing; Lang, Maoxiang; Gao, Yang; Wang, Kai; Su, Ching-Hsia; Tsai, Sang‐Bing; Huo, Mingkun; Xiao, Yu; Li, Shiqi

doi:10.3390/su10072478

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“…With the continuous expansion of the high-speed railway (HSR) in China [1], the formulation of passenger ticket strategies has attracted more attention. The single pricing policy of the HSR is facing flexible and diverse price competition from other modes of transportation, which leads to unbalanced capacity utilization with fluctuations in passenger flow.…”

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Differential Pricing Strategies of High Speed Railway Based on Prospect Theory: An Empirical Study from China

Qin

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Based on the single pricing method of the high-speed railway (HSR) in China, a pricing strategy without flexibility leads to the problem of extreme fluctuations in passenger flow and difficulty in increasing revenue. In order to achieve sustainable development of the HSR from the perspective of pricing, in this study, we divided the passenger market according to the different factors affecting passengers' choice behavior, maximized ticket sales revenue with expected travel cost as the reference point, and used prospect theory to construct a differentiated pricing model under elastic demand. A simulated annealing algorithm was used to solve this model under two passenger flow intensities. Taking the Beijing-Shanghai corridor as an example for analysis, the results show that differential pricing can be implemented on the basis of passenger decision-making, and price reductions at off-peak periods will attract passenger flow which will increase ticket sales revenue by 10.41%. During the peak period, prices can be increased to maintain passenger flow, and ticket sales revenue will increase by 7.98%. We also found that increasing passenger expectations have a greater impact on ticket sales. This study provides theoretical and methodological support for the sustainable development of the HSR.

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Differential Pricing Strategies of High Speed Railway Based on Prospect Theory: An Empirical Study from China

Qin

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…China, the country with the largest HSR network, has developed new types of freight train for speeds of 250-350 km/h. Yu et al [2] reported on the design of a two-stage model for the HSR cargo express operation which meets the needs of technical and economical requirements of train operation. The first-stage model considers the line capacity, loading restrictions and origin-destination demand.…”

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Freight transport using high-speed railways

Watson¹,

Ali²,

Bayyati³

2019

Int. J. TDI

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There has been an encouraging awareness of the need for more sustainable transportation particularly for freight transport that has resulted from the continuing increases in global trade and business internationalisation. This is mainly driven by the related issues concerning greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on fossil fuel. The expansion in the worldwide high-speed railway (HSR) systems has provided a reliable opportunity for freight transportation. The HSR has the ability to move goods in a more efficient, safe and cost-effective way, which can improve trade links in Europe and the rest of the world. Many countries have developed HSR systems, but such systems are mostly used for passenger transport despite their haulage capacity. This research investigates the future possibility of shifting freight from airlines onto HSR, by analysing the operational and technical constraints associated with freight traffic. Most of the data were gathered from online sources and related research publications concerning a selected set of worldwide HSR systems. The outcome of this research may contribute to the development of suitable solutions that may improve the economic, environmental and social sustainability of transport systems.

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“…Railway traffic constitutes a significant part of travels, which is considered as a safe, efficient and comfortable transportation. Nowadays, rail transport is also one of important choice for passengers all over the world [1]. It is well known that potential safety hazards resulting from material/structural degradation under the cyclical loading and natural erosion.…”

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An Efficient and Accurate Method for Different Configurations Railway Extraction Based on Mobile Laser Scanning

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The precision of railway map is becoming a significant issue for autonomous train scheduling, monitoring and maintenance, related location-based service (LBS), and further ensuring travel safety. Mobile 3D laser scanning is an efficient method for making relative high-precision railway track maps, particularly during the night period of railway maintenance, for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) can work without ambient light. In this paper, we propose an efficient and accurate railway track vectorization method based on the LiDAR point clouds from the self-built train Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) system. Our method takes full use of railway track geometry and reflection intensity feature of LiDAR, without any trajectory prior information. Firstly, clear track points are filtered by intensity; then, a K-means clustering fused Region-Grow Fitting algorithm is applied. It can not only extract the line vector of railway track, but also can tell the track branches apart, especially on bends and turnout. Experiments were carried on using point clouds with an average density of 490 points per square meter. The experimental results show that the method not only can quickly extract linear objects such as railway track and catenary, but also can detect the railways even in complex real-world topologies such as at bends and turnouts. The precision of the detection area in bends and turnouts are 90.32% and 81.31% respectively, the sensitivity is 83.27% and 83.33%, respectively. Moreover, it can identify the track networks.

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An Empirical Study on the Design of China High-Speed Rail Express Train Operation Plan—From a Sustainable Transport Perspective

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Differential Pricing Strategies of High Speed Railway Based on Prospect Theory: An Empirical Study from China

Differential Pricing Strategies of High Speed Railway Based on Prospect Theory: An Empirical Study from China

Freight transport using high-speed railways

An Efficient and Accurate Method for Different Configurations Railway Extraction Based on Mobile Laser Scanning

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