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Tactical management of rail freight transportation services: evaluation of yard performance

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  • Marin V. Marinov
  • José M. Viegas

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In this paper, a two-step approach for the evaluation of rail freight yard performance at a tactical management level, that could plausibly be used at both annual and weekly planning levels, is presented and discussed. The suggested approach involves analytical modelling with G/G/m queues and event-based simulations with SIMUL8 which is implemented for the purposes of a rail freight operator. Interesting concepts and important relations involving traffic rules, yard capacity and utilization rates are demonstrated based on a case study of CP Carga, the Portuguese rail freight operator.

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  • Marin V. Marinov & José M. Viegas, 2011. "Tactical management of rail freight transportation services: evaluation of yard performance," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 363-387, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transp:v:34:y:2011:i:4:p:363-387
    DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.577155
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    1. Marinov, Marin & Şahin, İsmail & Ricci, Stefano & Vasic-Franklin, Gordana, 2013. "Railway operations, time-tabling and control," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 59-75.
    2. Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da Silva & Renata Lúcia Magalhães de Oliveira & Marin Marinov, 2020. "An Analysis of the Effects on Rail Operational Efficiency Due to a Merger between Brazilian Rail Companies: The Case of RUMO-ALL," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-23, June.
    3. Cassiano A. Isler & Yesid Asaff & Marin Marinov, 2020. "Designing a Geo-Strategic Railway Freight Network in Brazil Using GIS," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-21, December.

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