ATRF 2018 - Better service through runtime savings – Inner West Light Rail (IWLR) case study
Channel: Mathew Hounsell
Date: 2022-09-18

Patronage on the Inner West Light Rail is exceeding the forecasts developed for the design of the Dulwich Hill extension. UTS has been working with students, Transdev and TFNSW to examine options to increase service delivery using the existing assets to cope with this increased demand.

In 2018, UTS completed a research program to determine how saving four minutes and reducing running time variability could reduce the current deployed fleet size by one vehicle. This saving could then be reinvested to decrease the vehicle-headway for no additional cost.

This paper provides a background on the inner west light rail then outlines the research program examining the impact of dwell-times and signalised intersections on light rail operations; and suggestions for reducing that impact. Then this paper examines why running time and running time variability impact the headway adherence and the operating costs.

00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - About the IWLR
07:08 - Philosophical Context
12:35 -  The Equations
13:53 - How to Save Running Times (The Capstones)
19:33 - Acknowledgements

Access the Paper: 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346557877_Better_service_through_runtime_savings-Inner_West_Light_Rail_case_study

Citation:

Hounsell, M. (2018). Better service through runtime savings – Inner West Light Rail case study Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. https://atrf.info/papers/2018/files/ATRF2018_paper_61.pdf