Shunting Operation Plan for the Freight Trains

Abstract

This paper proposes an optimal shunting operation of a train stock waiting to be broken up and made up according to each carriage’s destination.The shunting operation include breaking up and make-up shunting, using a shunting list to make the plans. Processes including dropping down, adjustment and mergence train stock are helpful when making the shunting list.Shunting trip, shunting distance and
shunting working time are the index when compare different plans.