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Due to the structure of metro railway systems, most of its planning problems including timetabling are classified as optimization problems. Timetabling is the problem of assigning times for events such as departure and arrival of trains over the planning time horizon. As modern metro systems try to provide customer centric services, it is required that the timetables be optimized to minimize the passenger...