A model and methodology for resilience assessment of interdependent rail networks – Case study of Great Britain's rail network
提出一个铁路基础设施系统模型，用于模拟运营中断，并基于列车和乘客延误分钟数评估韧性。以英国南部铁路网为例，发现伦敦地区少数牵引资产故障可导致全国25%列车中断，高峰时段延误使乘客延误分钟数增加约63%。
Rail networks entail multiple interdependencies which can initiate or propagate network failures with serious consequences for the movement of trains and passengers. In this study, we present a rail infrastructure system-of-systems model which can be used to simulate disruptions to the network's operations and propose a performance metric based on train and passenger delay minutes. We demonstrate the applicability of our model by evaluating the resilience of the southern region of Great Britain's rail network in scenarios of failure initiated in the traction power supply system. The results highlight the sensitivity of the rail network to a small number of traction assets concentrated in the London area, where we find that failure of one of the region's most critical electricity traction power grid could disrupt 75% of all trains in the southern region and 25% of all trains nationally. Our analysis demonstrates how the resilience of the rail network is influenced by the speed of backup restoration following a failure event as well as the network's vulnerability to failure at peak travel times with a delay during peak travel resulting in about 63% increase in passenger delay minutes compared with off-peak travel times for the same duration.