Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83909-589-4 (ISBN)
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.
Simon Blainey is an Associate Professor in Transportation at the University of Southampton's Transportation Research Group. He has 15 years' experience in railway-related research, focussing particularly on the areas of demand modelling and appraisal. He is Programme Lead for the university's MSc courses in Transport Planning and Engineering, and leads the module on 'Railway Engineering and Operations'. John Preston is the Chair in Rail Transport at the University of Southampton, where he has been variously Head of Group, School and Academic Unit over the last 12 years. He has almost 40 years of experience in transport research and education. His research includes demand and cost modelling, regulatory studies, land-use and environment interactions.
Chapter 1. Introduction; Simon Blainey and John Preston
Chapter 2. System and Route Planning; Simon Blainey
Chapter 3. Railway Station and Interchange Design: A Station Design that Perfectly Fits the Quality Needs of Passengers; Mark Van Hagen
Chapter 4. Community Rail: Helping Our Railways to Deliver Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability; Jools Townsend
Chapter 5. The Railway Track System: Performance and Trackbed Design; Louis Le Pen and William Powrie
Chapter 6. Railway Earthworks: Design and Performance; Joel Smethurst and William Powrie
Chapter 7. Noise and Vibration; David Thompson and Giacomo Squicciarini
Chapter 8. Rail Vehicle Dynamics; David Thompson and Giacomo Squicciarini
Chapter 9. Passenger Rolling Stock; Mark Robinson and John Roberts
Chapter 10. Sustainable Urban Railways; Peter White
Chapter 11. High Speed Rail; Andrew Mcnaughton
Chapter 12. Capacity, Timetabling and Sustainability; John Armstrong
Chapter 13. Signalling and Traffic Management; Jörn Pachl
Chapter 14. Towards a Sustainable Digital Railway; Heather Steele and Clive Roberts
Chapter 15. Regulation, Organisation and Governance for Sustainable Railways; John Preston
Chapter 16. Towards a Financially Sustainable Railway; Jonathan Cowie
Chapter 17. Rail Safety; Andrew W Evans
Chapter 18. Interior Passive Safety; Mark Robinson and John Roberts
Chapter 19. Conclusions; John Preston and Simon Blainey
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Transport and Sustainability |
| Verlagsort | Bingley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 667 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83909-589-X / 183909589X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83909-589-4 / 9781839095894 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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