London Underground Implements Massive Maintenance Using System Dynamics
Case summary
The London Underground carries up to 4 million passengers a day, and required a major upgrade involving new trains and signalling, plus much additional engineering work. A working system must be maintained during the upgrade, requiring a complex migration process to be planned and implemented. The service operators receive financial penalties for poor system performance against constantly rising targets.
The system dynamics project captured progress on train introductions and engineering work, their impact on system performance, and the resulting financial implications. The model enabled management to assess different options for work scheduling against changing conditions of access to the system they were improving.
| Client | London Underground |
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| Authors/Consultant | Steve Curram, David Exelby, and Jocelyn Lovegrove |
Links to articles, presentations or models:
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Keep on rolling – understanding the migration dynamics of a large rail improvement project Link to the Paper |
| For further information, contact Steve Curram at DAS Ltd:Â www.das-ltd.co.uk |
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