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The State-of-the-Art Development and New Challenges: Operations Management of Metro Systems

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Kaiye Gao Kaiye Gao 1,2,3 ORCID
Di Wu Di Wu 4 ORCID
Sicheng Zhang Sicheng Zhang 5
Rui Peng Rui Peng 5 * ORCID
Shaomin Wu Shaomin Wu 6 ORCID
1 School of Economics & Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
2 Academy of Mathematics & Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
3 Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
4 School of Management Science and Engineering, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China
5 School of Economics & Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
6 Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7FS, United Kingdom
* Corresponding Author: Rui Peng, [email protected]
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Received: 15 May 2025 Accepted: 06 July 2025 Published: 30 July 2025 CrossMark
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Abstract

This paper comprehensively reviews literature on the operations management of metro systems, which are crucial for urban mass transit. It classifies the existing research into five categories: 1) passenger demand prediction; 2) timetabling and scheduling; 3) system vulnerability, resilience and performance; 4) resource planning; and 5) evacuation optimization. The paper focuses on publications in the last decade in order to reflect the latest research and industrial trends. In addition, some limitations of the existing literature are located and the potential knowledge gaps are identified. The paper provides a useful reference for developing sustainable and resilient metro systems to meet the needs of expanding cities while maintaining high standards of safety, reliability, and efficiency.

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The State-of-the-Art Development and New Challenges: Operations Management of Metro Systems

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metro systems operations management resource optimization sustainable development

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Funding

The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 72001027, the Postdoctoral Foundation of China under Grant 2021M693331, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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