Shunting

What this is

Moving the train around stations and yards: coupling, uncoupling and positioning moves.

Priced per movement with the movement count currently being fixed at two per trip.

Coupling, uncoupling and parking moves in stations and yards.

The formula

$$C_{shunt} = c_{shunt/event} \times n_{events}$$

	Symbol	Meaning	Unit	Where it comes from
Input	c_shunt/event	Cost per shunting movement	€/event	track_shunting_eur_event
Input	n_events	Shunting movements per year	events/year	computed upstream
Result	C_shunt	Annual shunting cost	€/year	—

Feeds into: operator_fixed_total_eur

Found a mistake?

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