Distribution of empty trips and empty times to vehicle journeys

As line costing is based on vehicle journeys, empty times and empty kilometers of a line block have to be allocated to the vehicle journeys served by the block. Based on this, costs can be calculated by the PuT operating indicators procedure.

The example below illustrates the impact of the four variants provided for distribution of empty times and empty distances to service trips. The operating time is calculated from empty time and service time. Similarly, the operating distance results from empty distance and service distance. Operating time and operating distance are required for cost calculation.

  • Cost per hour = Operating time • Vehicle cost per hour
  • Cost per kilometer = Operating kilometers• Vehicle cost per kilometer

Variant 1: EmptyTime from Pre+PostPrepTime (2+3 min) of veh. journey / no EmptyKm

Vehicle journey

ServTime

Empty time

OpTime

ServKm

EmptyKm

OpKm

1st

6:30 – 7:15

0:45:00

0:05:00

0:50:00

30 km

0 km

30 km

2nd

8:00 – 8:15

0:15:00

0:05:00

0:20:00

10 km

0 km

10 km

3rd

8:30 – 9:15

0:45:00

0:05:00

0:50:00

30 km

0 km

30 km

4th

9:30 – 10:15

0:45:00

0:05:00

0:50:00

30 km

0 km

30 km

Sum

2:30:00

0:20:00

2:50:00

100 km

0 km

100 km

Variant 2: From EmptyTime/EmptyKm of line block weighted by vehicle journeys

Vehicle journey

ServTime

Empty time

OpTime

ServKm

EmptyKm

OpKm

1st

6:30 – 7:15

0:45:00

0:33:45

1:18:45

30 km

7.5 km

37.5 km

2nd

8:00– 8:15

0:15:00

0:33:45

0:48:45

10 km

7.5 km

37.5 km

3rd

8:30 – 9:15

0:45:00

0:33:45

1:18:45

30 km

7.5 km

37.5 km

4th

9:30 – 10:15

0:45:00

0:33:45

1:18:45

30 km

7.5 km

37.5 km

Sum

2:30:00

2:15:00

4:45:00

100 km

30 km

130 km

Variant 3: From EmptyTime/EmptyKm of line block weighted by service time

Vehicle journey

ServTime

Empty time

OpTime

ServKm

EmptyKm

OpKm

1st

6:30 – 7:15

0:45:00

0:40:30

1:25:30

30 km

9 km

39 km

2nd

8:00 – 8:15

0:15:00

0:13:30

0:28:30

10 km

3 km

13 km

3rd

8:30 – 9:15

0:45:00

0:40:30

1:25:30

30 km

9 km

39 km

4th

9:30 – 10:15

0:45:00

0:40:30

1:25:30

30 km

9 km

39 km

Sum

2:30:00

2:15:00

4:45:00

100 km

30 km

130 km

Table 231: Example illustrating different variants of distribution of empty time and empty kilometers on individual vehicle journeys.

Variant 4: From EmptyTime/EmptyKm 50 % before and 50 % after vehicle journey

Vehicle journey

ServTime

Empty time

OpTime

ServKm

EmptyKm

OpKm

1st

6:30 – 7:15

0:45:00

0:52:30

1:37:30

30 km

15 km

45 km

2nd

8:00 – 8:15

0:15:00

0:30:00

0:45:00

10 km

5 km

15 km

3rd

8:30 – 9:15

0:45:00

0:15:00

1:00:00

30 km

0 km

30 km

4th

9:30 – 10:15

0:45:00

0:37:30

1:22:30

30 km

10 km

40 km

Sum

2:30:00

2:15:00

4:45:00

100 km

30 km

130 km