Replan Transit builds vehicle blocks with layovers and deadheads from the timetable, derives shifts and driver requirement, and calculates operating cost for every planning variant.
Vehicle scheduling decides which vehicle runs which trips in sequence. Fleet size, shifts and a large part of operating cost follow from it. In service planning, every route or timetable change needs these figures again. Replan Transit calculates them in the same tool where the route and the timetable are made.
Departures as single trips or interval windows, per service type and service day. Imported from GTFS or your current planning system.
Trips are chained into blocks with layover and deadhead rules. The Gantt chart shows the day of every vehicle.
Shifts per block with layover, deadhead and relief inputs. Paid hours with weekend and holiday premiums, driver requirement with a reserve factor.
Hours, kilometres and fleet depreciation give the annual cost per line, service type and vehicle type. The result opens in Excel.
Vehicles per line and day, with a fleet reserve.
Deadhead, turnaround and layover time per block and in total, as figures and in the Gantt chart.
One vehicle serves several lines. Blocks are built across the line group.
Paid hours per shift, weekend and holiday premiums, driver requirement from productive hours.
Vehicle types with purchase price, service life, maintenance and energy. An operator cost model with drivers, workshop, depot and overhead.
Every route or timetable change gets its own blocks, shifts and cost, compared with the baseline. Transit service planning
| Task | Often today | In Replan Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Build blocks | By hand or in a spreadsheet for every variant | From the timetable, with layover and deadhead rules |
| Fleet requirement | Estimated from cycle time and headway | Counted from the blocks, with reserve |
| Shifts and drivers | A separate spreadsheet | Per block, with premiums and reserve factor |
| Cost | A separate cost calculation | Cost model per line, service type and vehicle type |
| Variants | Recalculate every change | Calculated for every variant |
| Rosters and dispatch | Scheduling and dispatch system | Stay in the scheduling and dispatch system |
Replan Transit builds blocks and shifts for planning. Duty rosters over several weeks and dispatching in live operations belong in a scheduling and dispatch system.
HAVAG (Halle), LVB (Leipzig), MDV (Mitteldeutschland), THÜSAC (Altenburger Land), NASA GmbH (Sachsen-Anhalt) and MUKMAV (Saarland).
One of four training sessions in the first year: cost drivers, line groups, reserve factors and the Excel dashboard. Onboarding
Vehicle scheduling chains the trips of a timetable into vehicle blocks, with turnaround, deadhead and layover times. It gives the fleet requirement and is the basis for crew scheduling and operating cost.
A block is the day of a vehicle, a shift is the working day of a driver. Replan Transit derives shifts from the blocks, with paid hours, premiums and a reserve factor.
Yes. With line groups, Replan Transit builds blocks across several lines. Fleet requirement and cost are calculated for the whole group.
No. Replan Transit calculates blocks, shifts and cost for planning variants. Rosters over several weeks and dispatching in operations stay in the scheduling and dispatch system. Replan compared →
The timetable as GTFS or from your current planning system, your vehicle types, layover and deadhead rules and cost parameters. We set these up with your planners in the first weeks. Onboarding and training →
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