Open AccessROLLING STOCK PLANNING FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
Author(s) -
Jonas Butkevičius,
Леонас Повілас Лінгайтіс,
Gediminas Vaičiūnas
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1648-4142
pISSN - 1648-3480
DOI - 10.3846/16484142.2004.9637977
Subject(s) - purchasing , stock (firearms) , passenger transport , transport engineering , passenger train , business , engineering , automotive engineering , operations management , mechanical engineering
The planning of the optimal rolling stock for passenger carriage should be based on passenger flow forecasts, close examination of the available locomotives and cars and properly chosen methods of their writing off and plans for rolling stock renewal.The strategy of renewing the existing rolling stock for passenger transportation (including plans for writing off, modernization and purchasing of cars and locomotives) is offered by the authors which is based on forecasts of passenger flow variation and expenses.