Institute of Transportation, MOTC

　　The paper presents a service design model for Taiwan high-speed rail. The modeling framework explicitly considers both the passenger’s and the operator’s viewpoints in a bi-level program. The demand model of passenger’s service choice is the lower level problem, and the supply model of operator’s service planning is the upper level problem. The passenger’s choice is to estimate the train demand for each service type. The service design problem aims to choose the stop pattern and frequency of train service. The sensitivity analysis-based algorithm is used to solve the bi-level problem. In addition, the proposed model is tested with the practical data of Taiwan high-speed rail, to show the effectiveness of the model.