Coach maintenance

What this is

Keeping the coaches serviceable, charged as a rate per kilometre driven.

Locomotive maintenance is not here. It is bundled into the locomotive rental, which is quoted all-inclusive.

Maintaining the coaches, charged per kilometre driven.

The formula

$$C_{coach,maint} = \sum_{seg} c_{coach,maint/km} \times d_{km,seg}$$

	Symbol	Meaning	Unit	Where it comes from
Input	c_coach,maint/km	Maintenance rate for all coaches of the train, per kilometre	€/train-km	composition_type_coach_maint_eur_km
Input	d_km,seg	Distance driven	km	computed upstream
Result	C_coach,maint	Annual coach maintenance cost	€/year	—

Feeds into: operator_variable_total_eur

Found a mistake?

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