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Air-rail timetable synchronisation for seamless multimodal passenger travel: a case study for Valencia-Lanzarote door-to-door journeys

Transportation Research Procedia, ISSN: 2352-1465, Vol: 71, Page: 85-92
2023
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In a context of limited multimodal integration, private car and connecting short-haul flights account for a wide proportion of the access and egress legs to/from hub airports. This increases the carbon footprint of air transport and limits the airport's capacity available for much demanded long-haul flights. High-speed rail services are seen as an opportunity to improve long-distance airport accessibility. However, it remains unclear if ‘hard’ infrastructure measures are enough or even worthwhile if not accompanied by ‘soft’ measures such as integrated ticketing and coordinated scheduling. This work evaluates the benefits of air-rail timetable synchronisation. To evaluate how this solution can improve door-to-door journeys, an agent-based model called J-TAP has been developed and put at work to implement a long-distance multimodal travel model. The timetable synchronisation solution has been applied to a case study focused on a Spanish continent-island domestic connection: Valencia-Lanzarote. Three scenarios have been considered: current conditions, high-speed direct connection to the airport, and high-speed direct connection with synchronised timetables. The results show a substantial reduction of the travel time and significant improvement of passenger experience when timetables are synchronised, boosting rail modal share from 35% to up to 50% in the Valencia-Madrid leg and reducing emissions by 21%. This unveils the potential of intermodal solutions for improving transport efficiency and environmental sustainability.

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Jerónimo Bueno-González; Javier Burrieza-Galán; Oliva G. Cantú-Ros; Clarissa Livingston; Stefano Penazzi; Clara Buire; Aude Marzuoli; Daniel Delahaye

Elsevier BV

Social Sciences

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