A Particular Waiting Mode for Overnight Operation of the Chinese Beijing-Guanghzou High-Speed Railway

Abstract

With great development in the last decade, the operation of high speed railway in China has entered into network era from single line era. With expanded service area and long traveling time, the high speed railway in China is qualified for overnight operation in net structure and time space, which is significantly different from that of high speed railway in other countries and areas. The overnight operation of high speed railway is of significance for capacity utilization improvement, besides diverse travelling demand. The service area and operation demand of high speed railway from Beijing to Guangzhou were analyzed. The alternatives of overnight operation mode are waiting, transferring to adjacent parallel traditional line, running and maintenance in adjacent lines meanwhile and passenger transferring, and their technical conditions, organization features and adaptability are presented respectively. With the basic information of high speed railway from Beijing to Guangzhou, the waiting mode was selected as the preferable overnight operation mode, and the optimized maintenance curfew scheme was proposed to increase the travelling speed. The work in this paper on operation mode and rational travelling distance is salutary and leading, which provides particular supports for overnight operation in Chinese high speed railway.