Shandong Science ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 80-88.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2023.04.010

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Route optimization for emergency evacuation vehicles in case of rail station closure

ZHANG Yiguo(), QU Yunchao*(), YIN Haodong, WU Jianjun   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • Received:2022-09-29 Online:2023-08-20 Published:2023-08-03

Abstract:

To address the problem of emergency evacuation of stranded passengers outside a rail station in case of its closure, this paper designs an evacuation route map, which allows passengers along the line to avail the emergency evacuation vehicles and facilitates the overall evacuation process. To minimize the total cost of vehicle operation and passenger time, this work proposes a route optimization model for emergency evacuation vehicles and improves the adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm to implement the model based on the characteristics of the problem. Finally, based on the urban traffic data of Beijing, we designed routes for emergency evacuation vehicles, analyzed their sensitivity, and verified the model and algorithm with specific examples. The results show that compared with the shortest route algorithm, the optimization results of the proposed model can reduce passengers' travelling time by 15.02%, allowing them to evacuate rapidly while ensuring their experience and improving emergency management systems in case of rail station closure.

Key words: urban rail transit, emergency evacuation, vehicle routing problem, rail station closure, adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm

CLC Number: 

  • U491.12