Line planning on tree networks with applications to the Quito Trolebús system

We discuss an optimization model for the line planning problem in public transport in order to minimize operation costs while guaranteeing a certain level of quality of service, in terms of available transport capacity. We analyze the computational complexity of this problem for tree network topologies as well as several categories of line operations that are important for the Quito Trolebus system. In practice, these instances can be solved quite well, and significant optimization potentials can be demonstrated.

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