Sensitivity Analysis of Passengers in Different Ages to Ticket Price in XiTong Inter-City Rail Transit

Ticket price as a key indicator affect the passenger flow, which is related to the accuracy of passenger flow sensitivity research. In order to clarify the relationship between ticket price adjustment and passenger flow of different ages, this paper provides a quantitative method based on equilibrium distribution model. Utility function is established by using ticket price and other indicators. Utility value is applied to the distribution model. Lingo software calculates passenger flow of XiTong inter-city rail transit. On this basis, ticket price is set as a variable, ticket price and passenger flow of different ages are obtained to sensitivity model. The results show that the passenger flow decreases with the increase of ticket price, and vice versa; the algorithm can give specific variables of passenger sensitivity to ticket price at different ages, change the form of qualitative analysis only existed in the past, and provide a reference for the sensitivity analysis of passenger flow.