Abstract:
This paper presents a joint simulation project in the area of railway fleet maintenance management. A simulation model was developed to understand and visualize the compl...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This paper presents a joint simulation project in the area of railway fleet maintenance management. A simulation model was developed to understand and visualize the complex interaction in a railway system comprising rolling stock, depots, and maintenance guidelines. In many cases, requirements on such a system come from different sides, such as fleet operation (timetables and availability), maintenance engineering (maintenance regime), and depot management (depot restrictions). The paper describes the domain-specific challenge, the model, the implemented scheduling algorithm, and resulting insights. It, furthermore, describes how the model can be used for a variety of different use cases all along a railway project: from sizing to forecast and performance analysis and from initial tender theory check to operational risk analysis. Two real-world use cases are presented: West Coast Main Line and TransPennine Express, both in the United Kingdom.
Published in: 2018 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
Date of Conference: 09-12 December 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 03 February 2019
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