Managing Peak-Hour Congestion in Urban Rail Transit with the Sub-Train Price Adjustment Strategy

Table 2

Notations and parameters in this problem.

Notations	Detailed definition
S	Set of involved stations
M	Set of involved stations
K	Set of in-service trains
	Arrival time of train k at station s on the line
	Start time of the peak hour at station s
	Superpeak hour at the station s
	End time of the peak hour at station s
	Fare of passengers who take the train k at station i heading to station j before the price adjustment
	Fare of passengers who take the train k at station i heading to station j after the price adjustment
	Time difference between the train k at the station s and the super-peak time of station s
	The volume of passengers who take the train k at station i heading to station j before the price adjustment
	The volume of passengers who take the train k at station i heading to station j after the price adjustment
	In-service train loading capacity
	The volume of the passenger on the train k passing through the section m
	Value of full-load rate
	The number of passengers in the section m larger than
	The discount factor for the train k in the section s