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Optimization of preventive condition-based tamping for railway tracks

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  • Wen, M.
  • Li, R.
  • Salling, K.B.

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This work considers the scheduling of railway preventive condition-based tamping, which is the maintenance operation performed to restore the track irregularities to ensure both safety and comfort for passengers and freight. The problem is to determine when to perform the tamping on which section for given railway tracks over a planning horizon. The objective is to minimize the Net Present Costs (NPC) considering the following technical and economic factors: 1) track quality (the standard deviation of the longitudinal level) degradation over time; 2) track quality thresholds based on train speed limits; 3) the impact of previous tamping operations on the track quality recovery; 4) track geometrical alignment; 5) tamping machine operation factors and finally 6) the discount rate.

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  • Wen, M. & Li, R. & Salling, K.B., 2016. "Optimization of preventive condition-based tamping for railway tracks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 252(2), pages 455-465.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:252:y:2016:i:2:p:455-465
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.01.024
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