Analysis of passenger average travel time for Shanghai Metro Line 16 with multi mode trains mixed running in different ratio

Passenger average travel time is an important parameter which reflects the operation efficiency of metro lines, especially those regional ones. The on-building Shanghai Metro Line 16 is the first typical regional metro line with three kinds of trains including non-stop, part-stop and regular train running in it. As different mixed running ratio would cause varied passenger average travel time and different transport capacity, it is important to analyze passenger average travel time between different origin-destination (OD) stations so as to understand the capacity of each part-route and thus formulate a dynamic operation strategy for this metro line. In this paper, simulation has been done via software Train Plan Maker (TPM) and offline MATLAB analysis program to analyze passenger average travel time between different OD stations with those three mode trains set at different mixed running ratios, and future operation suggestion for both short term and long term has been made according to not only the simulation results but the geography features along this metro line as well.