Operation Organization of Express/Local Train for Urban Rail Transit

The operation organization of express/local train for urban rail transit is widely used nowadays. In order to improve service level of passengers for urban rail transit, this paper establishes an optimal express/local train stop schedule plan model, taking express/local train frequencies, the express trains’ cross-station sequence and the overtaking-station place as decision variables. In the case analysis, compared with the train of stopping station by station, express/local train operation can reduce passengers’ total in-vehicle time and travel time by 14.49% and 1.07% respectively.