Minhao Xu received his B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in Transportation Planning and Management from Southwest Jiaotong University, China. He is currently a Lecturer at the School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University. His research interests include railway transportation organization, railway infrastructure inspection and maintenance management, train scheduling, and transportation optimization.

Haiping Zhang received a B.Eng. degree in Data Science from Hefei University, China. She is currently pursuing an M.Eng. degree in Transportation Engineering at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China. Her research interests include railway transportation organization, train timetable optimization, and railway operation management.

Jiaxi Li received his B.Eng. degree in Transportation Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, and his M.Sc. degree in Urban Railway from University College London, United Kingdom. He received a Ph.D. degree in Railway Operations from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. His research interests include railway timetabling, railway capacity analysis, railway operations, and transport system optimization.