Print Email Facebook Twitter Optimizing train parking and shunting at NS service yards Title Optimizing train parking and shunting at NS service yards Author Beerthuizen, Erik (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) Contributor Duinkerken, M.B. (mentor) Negenborn, R.R. (mentor) Huisman, B. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics Date 2018-02-14 Abstract This thesis proposes several methods to solve the planning of parking and servicing of trains in a shunting yard. Management of temporary superfluous resources and maintenance is a recurring topic in many fields. Trains visit a service yard regularly to be cleaned, maintained, and to store them outside rush hours. These activities are currently scheduled by hand, which is difficult and time consuming. This thesis proposes several heuristics to construct an assignment method to solve this problem, which is referred to as the extended Train Unit Shunting Problem. A discrete process simulation is constructed for two real life service yards, namely ‘Kleine Binckhorst’ and ‘Cartesiusweg’, to assess the methods. The methods are not capable of obtaining a perfect solution, but most proposed methods are able to solve problems of a reasonable size in a few seconds. The methods incorporate logistical knowledge obtained in practice to optimize flow through the yard, resulting in a shunting policy that is effective and easy to implement in daily practice. Subject TUSPDiscrete process simulationShunting policyTrain servicing To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d5c93539-f182-4d4d-931b-c5356727c827 Coordinates 52.072940, 4.341845 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Erik Beerthuizen Files PDF Erik_Beerthuizen_Master_T ... .8200_.pdf 3.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d5c93539-f182-4d4d-931b-c5356727c827/datastream/OBJ/view