In a rapidly changing world, with increasing competition in all
sectors of transportation, railways are in a period of
restructuring their management and technology. New methods of
organization are introduced, commercial and tariff policies change
radically, a more entrepreneurial spirit is required. At the same
time, new high-speed tracks are being constructed and old tracks
are renewed, high-comfort rolling stock vehicles are being
introduced, logistics and combined transport are being developed.
Awareness of environmental issues and the search for greater safety
give a new role to the railways within the transportation system.
Meanwhile, methods of analysis have significantly evolved,
principally due to computer applications and new ways of thinking
and approaching old problems. Thus, it becomes necessary to come up
with a new scientific approach to tackle management and engineering
aspects of railways, to understand in-depth the origins and
inter-relationships of the various situations and phenomena and to
suggest the appropriate methods and solutions to solve the various
emerging problems. This book aims to cover the need for a new
scientific approach for railways. It is intended to be of use to
railway managers, economists and engineers, consulting economists
and engineers, students of schools of engineering, transportation,
economics, and management. The book is divided into three parts,
which deal successively with management, track, and rolling stock,
environment and safety. Each chapter of the book contains the
necessary theoretical analysis of the phenomena studied, the
recommended solutions, applications, charts and design of the
specific railway component. In this way, both the requirement for a
theoretical analysis is met, and the need of the railway manager
and engineer for tables, nomographs, regulations, etc. is
satisfied. Railways in Europe have separated activities of
infrastructure from those of operation. In other parts of the
world, however, railways remain unified. The book addresses both
situations (separated and unified railways). Railways present great
differences in their technologies. Something may be valid for one
such technology, but not for another. To overcome this problem,
regulations of the International Union of Railways (UIC) as well as
European Standardization (CEN) and European Technical
Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) have been used to the
greatest extent possible. Whenever a specific technology or method
is presented, the limits of its application are clearly emphasized.
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