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Line capacity analysis for adding new connecting trains for increasing ridership between Polgahawela and Kurunegala

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dc.contributor.author Shalanka, HAN
dc.contributor.author Bentotage, SN
dc.contributor.editor Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-18T08:52:38Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-18T08:52:38Z
dc.date.issued 2021-10
dc.identifier.citation **************** en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18313
dc.description.abstract Rail transport is a major public transport system in Sri Lanka. Polgahawela station is a junction - station. Although the Sri Lankan railway network does not cover majority of the country's districts, Railway network within Kurunegala district has a wider connectivity combining many cites in the country making the city a major transport hub. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the possibility of scheduling new connecting trains between Polgahawela and Kurunegala as the passengers can travel to Colombo in a minimum time. Selecting Polgahawela Station which is a a junction station where passengers can use trains from both lines, as a case study. Other purpose is attracting more bus passengers to rail transport and reducing the private vehicles on the road. Therefore, moving bus passengers to the rail is a beneficial thing. Therefore, the proposal is based on diverting some trains that are running towards to Rambukkana to Northern line. This research has been done to analyze the possibility of the above situation and find a possible time schedule and cost benefit analyzing has been done as a part of this research. Two trains were diverted to Upper and Lower direction with the objective of increasing the rail ridership between Kurunegala and Polgahawela railway station. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics en_US
dc.relation.uri https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2021/ en_US
dc.subject Travel time en_US
dc.subject Diverting trains en_US
dc.subject Cost Benefit en_US
dc.subject Rail Transport en_US
dc.subject Ridership en_US
dc.title Line capacity analysis for adding new connecting trains for increasing ridership between Polgahawela and Kurunegala en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Transport and Logistics Management en_US
dc.identifier.year 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 6th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 17-19 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2021 en_US
dc.identifier.email nipunashalanka8@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email bentotagesn@uom.lk en_US


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