Railway transportation systems : design, construction and operation /: design, construction and operation. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christos N. Pyrgidis.
• Authors: Pyrgidis, Christos N
• Contents: 1. The railway as a transport system 2. Loads on track 3. Behaviour of rolling stock on track 4. Tramway 5. Metro 6. Monorail 7. Automatic passenger transport railway systems of low- and medium-transport capacity 8. Suburban railway 9. Rack railway 10. Cable railway systems for steep gradients 11. Organisation and management of passenger intercity railway transport 12. High-speed networks and trains 13. Tilting trains 14. Metric track gauge intercity railway networks 15. Organisation and management of freight railway transport 16. Heavy haul rail transport 17. Operation of railway systems under specific weather conditions and natural phenomena 18. Railway safety 19. Railway and the natural environment 20. The research in the railway domain - Cutting-edge technologies in railways 21. Applicability verification – A supporting tool for the conduction of feasibility studies of urban mass railway transportation systems
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 625.1; Railroads -- Design and construction; Railroad engineering; Transportation engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000462876; 9781000462838; 9781003046073
• Related ISBNs: 9780367494216; 9780367494230
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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