| Article ID: | iaor2010508 |
| Volume: | 44 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 215 |
| End Page Number: | 231 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Journal: | Transportation Research Part B |
| Authors: | Toth Paolo, Caprara Alberto, Cacchiani Valentina |
| Keywords: | timetabling |
We study the problem of freight transportation in railway networks, where both passenger and freight trains are run. While the passenger trains have a prescribed timetable that cannot be changed, freight train operators send the infrastructure manager requests to insert new freight trains.