3.2 Analysis of Existing Demand of Railway Freight Transportation
The statistics of SRT Railway Operation Department report the account of the actual demand of train operation for ESB line. The current demand is 60 trains per day, which are classified into 1) freight train; 2) passenger train and 3) train operated only upon request [12]. Based on the one-way track capacity and the freight volume of three major commodities taken on rail shown in Tables 2, 3, and 4, the number of trains required daily along the ESB service line can be calculated using a typical
equation as follows: