Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
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Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations

  1. 464 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations

About this book

Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, engineering and operating sustainable railway systems. It introduces and examines a wide range of aspects of railway systems and their interrelationships with other human and natural systems. For each of these aspects it considers the key factors that affect the sustainability of the railway.

Students, academic researchers and those in rail industry or related fields who are interested in railways or in transport sustainability more generally will find this to be an invaluable guide. It will be particularly helpful to those who are either relatively new to the railway context, or who have a detailed knowledge of one aspect of railways but are seeking to acquire a more holistic understanding of railway systems.

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Yes, you can access Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations by Simon Blainey, John Preston, Simon Blainey,John Preston in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Infrastructure. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781839095894
eBook ISBN
9781839095900
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Infrastructure
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction
  4. Chapter 2. System and Route Planning
  5. Chapter 3. Railway Station and Interchange Design: A Station Design that Perfectly Fits the Quality Needs of Passengers
  6. Chapter 4. Community Rail: Helping our Railways to Deliver Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability
  7. Chapter 5. The Railway Track System: Performance and Trackbed Design
  8. Chapter 6. Railway Earthworks: Design and Performance
  9. Chapter 7. Noise and Vibration
  10. Chapter 8. Rail Vehicle Dynamics
  11. Chapter 9. Passenger Rolling Stock
  12. Chapter 10. Sustainable Urban Railways
  13. Chapter 11. High-Speed Rail
  14. Chapter 12. Capacity, Timetabling and Sustainability
  15. Chapter 13. Signalling and Traffic Management
  16. Chapter 14. Towards a Sustainable Digital Railway
  17. Chapter 15. Regulation, Organisation and Governance for Sustainable Railways
  18. Chapter 16. Towards a Financially Sustainable Railway
  19. Chapter 17. Rail Safety
  20. Chapter 18. Interior Passive Safety
  21. Chapter 19. Conclusions
  22. Index