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(11) EP 2 735 492 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.02.2017 Bulletin 2017/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.05.2014 Bulletin 2014/22

(21) Application number: 13192724.6

(22) Date of filing: 13.11.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B61L 27/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 26.11.2012 JP 2012257284

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Tokyo 100-8280 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Akamatsu, Kenji
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280 (JP)
  • Murakami, Daichi
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280 (JP)
  • Tanaka, Yasuhiro
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8280 (JP)

(74) Representative: Gill, Stephen Charles 
Mewburn Ellis LLP
City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE
City Tower 40 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE (GB)

   


(54) Train traffic management system and method for controlling the same


(57) This invention aims to support timetable replanning in a manner causing a minimum loss to the train operating company in case of a timetable disruption.
There is provided a timetable replanning support device including: a loss management database which stores beforehand loss values caused by train delays to the train operating company based on a plurality of indices including at least train type, delay time and transportation amount; a timetable replanning candidate calculation part which performs calculations to generate at least one timetable replanning candidate based on the current operation plan; a timetable replanning candidate evaluation part which calculates the loss value of the timetable replanning candidate generated by the timetable replanning candidate calculation part based on the loss management database; and a timetable replanning candidate presentation part which presents the timetable replanning candidates in association with the loss values.







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