Public Transport line performance and costing calculation with VISUM

An essential step in evaluating existing or newly planned transport services is the determination of costs and revenues, for example, in the form of the line costing and revenue calculation.

On the first day of this two-day course, you will learn how to determine various types of costs on the basis of a network and timetable modeled in VISUM.  An important role is played here by the line blocking procedures, in other words, estimating the number of required vehicles. On the second day, you will learn how to model a fare system, which will enable you to estimate the expected revenues and finally calculate the cost coverage.

Employees from planning or controlling departments of authorities, transport operators or transport associations and engineering firms.

2 days
The two days can be booked separately upon request.

Day 1

• Approaches used in VISUM for cost, revenue and cost coverage calculations
• Basic line blocking procedure for calculating the required number of vehicles
• Basic data of line blocking, e.g. valid days, depots, interlining trips
• Modelling of infrastructure costs
• Tabular and graphical presentation of results

Day 2

• Line blocking with vehicle interchange and consideration of demand
• Modelling of different fare systems in VISUM
• Consideration of the fare model in the assignment and the effect on route choice
• Representation of revenues per OD pair
• Tabular and graphical presentation of revenues and cost coverage based on operating branches, lines and territories
• Illustrating example excercise

Ideally, you already have project experience in the public transport network and service planning. You should also have successfully completed our PTV Vision course “Introduction to modelling public transport with VISUM” or “Modelling Public Transport networks and combining supply and demand with VISUM”.

780€ plus VAT