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Journal articles on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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Deoanca, Adrian. "(Dis)Connected Rail." Transfers 10, no. 2-3 (December 1, 2020): 152–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2020.10020312.

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The political force of infrastructures is often attributed to their functioning as designed, while their political afterlives remain underexplored. In this article, I explore ethnographically the phatic force of ruins of infrastructure, by dwelling on a liminal railroad segment in Romania that remains unrehabilitated many years after its breakdown. Such an open-ended state of suspension allows the isolation of infrastructure’s political and affective dimensions. The Giurgiu-Bucharest railroad met its demise in 2005 in the wake of heavy floods, producing an infrastructural gap that impacts local mobility and unravels the postsocialist social contract. State authorities and citizens engage in tactics of remediation that, while unsuccessful in resuming traffic, maintain a sense of phatic connection that kindles nostalgia for the past and frustrates anticipation of the future. These tactics make the railroad a medium for hope and at the same time a symbol for the absolute impossibility of hope.
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Law, Stephen M., Alexandra E. Mackay, and James F. Nolan. "Rail Infrastructure Management Policy." Public Works Management & Policy 9, no. 2 (October 2004): 145–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1087724x04268697.

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Lin, Xiao, J. Riley Edwards, Marcus S. Dersch, Thomas A. Roadcap, and Conrad Ruppert. "Load quantification of the wheel–rail interface of rail vehicles for the infrastructure of light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail transit." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 232, no. 2 (January 6, 2017): 596–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954409716684266.

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The type and magnitude of loads that pass through the track superstructure have a great impact on both the design and the performance of the concrete crossties and fastening systems. To date, the majority of North American research that focus on quantifying the rail infrastructure loading conditions has been conducted on heavy-haul freight railroads. However, the results and recommendations of these studies may not be applicable to the rail transit industry due to a variety of factors. Unlike the freight railroads, which have standardized maximum gross rail loads and superstructure design practices for vehicles, the rail transit industry is home to a significant variety of vehicle and infrastructure designs. Some of the current transit infrastructure design practices, which were established decades ago, need to be updated with respect to the current loading environment, infrastructure types, and understanding of the component and system-level behavior. This study focuses on quantifying the current load environment for light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail transit infrastructure in the United States. As an initial phase of this study, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have conducted a literature review of different metrics, which is used to evaluate the static, dynamic, impact, and rail seat loads for the rail transit infrastructure. UIUC will compare these methods and their computed values to determine which provide the most accurate depictions of the expected loading condition given a set of operating and infrastructure characteristics. A proper load quantification of rail transit systems, gained through an improved understanding of the load path and rail seat load, will help to establish the basis for developing recommendations for a mechanistic design process for the rail transit infrastructure components. Ultimately, the results of this research will allow transit agencies to increase the effectiveness of their capital spending and transit agencies will have the potential to improve safety, ride quality, capacity, and the life cycle of the rail transit infrastructure.
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DARKE, Walker. "China’s Rail Infrastructure On Track to Go Global." East Asian Policy 12, no. 04 (October 2020): 102–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793930520000343.

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Alongside China’s sustained investment in domestic rail infrastructure, rail transport has become one of many infrastructural services on the menu for prospective international partners of the Belt and Road Initiative. This article undertakes a study of press and media reports from across the globe exploring China’s impact on rail infrastructure outside China. It highlights China’s truly global reach in rail through various means and the key political, economic and cultural motivations.
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FREEBAIRN, JOHN. "Access Prices for Rail Infrastructure." Economic Record 74, no. 226 (September 1998): 286–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.1998.tb01925.x.

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Love, Peter E. D., Jingyang Zhou, David J. Edwards, Zahir Irani, and Chun-Pong Sing. "Off the rails: The cost performance of infrastructure rail projects." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 99 (May 2017): 14–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.02.008.

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Jost, Frank. "Infrastructure Charges for International Train Services." Review of Network Economics 16, no. 2 (June 26, 2017): 171–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rne-2018-0011.

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Abstract This paper sets out the evolution of international rail traffic in recent years and some of the legislative measures taken by the European Union to strengthen rail. If the same tools that have successfully been deployed for charges of domestic transport by rail are applied to cross border services, results will be systematically distorted to the detriment of cross border services.
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Blair, John, Cielo Roldan, Sumita Ghosh, and Shih-Hsien Yung. "Greening Rail Infrastructure for Carbon Benefits." Procedia Engineering 180 (2017): 1716–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.334.

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Franklin, Francis, Florin Nemtanu, and Paulo F. Teixeira. "Rail infrastructure, ITS and access charges." Research in Transportation Economics 41, no. 1 (May 2013): 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2012.10.004.

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Tsionas, Efthymios G., Nicholas C. Baltas, and Dionysios P. Chionis. "Rail infrastructure charging in Hellenic railways." Journal of Policy Modeling 33, no. 3 (May 2011): 370–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.011.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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Dadashi, Nastaran. "Human factors of future rail intelligent infrastructure." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13157/.

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The introduction of highly reliable sensors and remote condition monitoring equipment will change the form and functionality of maintenance and engineering systems within many infrastructure sectors. Process, transport and infrastructure companies are increasingly looking to intelligent infrastructure to increase reliability and decrease costs in the future, but such systems will present many new (and some old) human factor challenges. As the first substantial piece of human factors work examining future railway intelligent infrastructure, this thesis has an overall goal to establish a human factors knowledge base regarding intelligent infrastructure systems, as used in tomorrow’s railway but also in many other sectors and industries. An in-depth interview study with senior railway specialists involved with intelligent infrastructure allowed the development and verification of a framework which explains the functions, activities and data processing stages involved. The framework includes a consideration of future roles and activities involved with intelligent infrastructure, their sequence and the most relevant human factor issues associated with them, especially the provision of the right information in the right quantity and form to the right people. In a substantial fieldwork study, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was employed to facilitate an understanding of alarm handling and fault finding in railway electrical control and maintenance control domains. These functions had been previously determined to be of immediate relevance to work systems in the future intelligent infrastructure. Participants in these studies were real railway operators as it was important to capture users’ cognition in their work settings. Methods used included direct observation, debriefs and retrospective protocols and knowledge elicitation. Analyses of alarm handling and fault finding within real-life work settings facilitated a comprehensive understanding of the use of artefacts, alarm and fault initiated activities, along with sources of difficulty and coping strategies in these complex work settings. The main source of difficulty was found to be information deficiency (excessive or insufficient information). Each role requires different levels and amounts of information, a key to good design of future intelligent infrastructure. The findings from the field studies led to hypotheses about the impact of presenting various levels of information on the performance of operators for different stages of alarm handling. A laboratory study subsequently confirmed these hypotheses. The research findings have led to the development of guidance for developers and the rail industry to create a more effective railway intelligent infrastructure system and have also enhanced human factors understanding of alarm handling activities in electrical control.
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Wang, Teng. "3D Infrastructure Condition Assessment For Rail Highway Applications." UKnowledge, 2016. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/41.

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Highway roughness is a concern for both the motoring public and highway authorities. Roughness may even increase the risk of crashes. Rail-highway grade crossings are particularly problematic. Roughness may be due to deterioration or simply due to the way the crossing was built to accommodate grade change, local utilities, or rail elevation. With over 216,000 crossings in the US, maintenance is a vast undertaking. While methods are available to quantify highway roughness, no method exists to quantitatively assess the condition of rail crossings. Conventional inspection relies on a labor-intensive process of qualitative judgment. A quantifiable, objective and extensible procedure for rating and prioritizing improvement of crossings is thus desired. In this dissertation, a 3D infrastructure condition assessment model is developed for evaluating the condition and performance of rail highway grade crossings. Various scanning techniques and devices are developed or used to obtain the 3D “point cloud” or surface as the first step towards quantifying crossing roughness. Next, a technique for repeatable field measurement of acceleration is presented and tested to provide a condition index. Acceleration-based metrics are developed, and these can be used to rate and compare crossings for improvement programs to mitigate potential vehicle damage and provide passenger comfort. A vehicle dynamic model is next customized to use surface models to estimate vertical accelerations eliminating the need for field data collection. Following, crossing roughness and rideability is estimated directly from 3D point clouds. This allows isolation of acceleration components derived from the surface condition and original design profile. Finally, a practice ready application of the 3D point cloud is developed and presented to address hump crossing safety. In conclusion, the dissertation presents several methods to assess the condition and performance of rail crossings. It provides quantitative metrics that can be used to evaluate designs and construction methods, and efficiently implement cost effective improvement programs. The metrics provide a technique to measure and monitor system assets over time, and can be extended to other infrastructure components such as pavements and bridges.
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Cebola, Nuno M. F. "Investigating on-call work in rail infrastructure maintenance." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14347/.

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The use of on-call work in industry has now surpassed that of shiftwork and night work. Industries as a whole make use of on-call work daily as a way to maintain 24/7 operations whilst also reducing costs. Despite this, on-call work remains underresearched and no best practice or management guidelines are available. As the first substantial piece of human factors work examining on-call work in the rail industry, this thesis has the overall aim of increasing the understanding of on-call scheduling systems of work, and also to provide recommendations to the planning and management of on-call work in the rail industry which may also be applied in other industries. A semi-structured interview study with 72 rail maintenance on-call workers of Great Britain rail infrastructure owner and operator (Network Rail) explored on-call arrangements in place and the perceived unwanted consequences of this type of work. Anxiety, fatigue, and reduced well-being were perceived as the main consequences of working on-call. The findings also indicate that when discussing on-call there are three separate on-call situations; being on-call, receiving calls, and responding to calls; which influence the study variables differently. From the key themes identified initially an on-call questionnaire for managerial staff was developed and data from across the country generating 479 individual responses. A two-week diary study (one week on-call and the week after) with 26 participants aimed to collect real-time ratings. Results indicated that working on-call was perceived as a leading cause of stress, poor quality of sleep and fatigue. This is due to the inherent unpredictability of on-call work, which is the key differentiating factor between on-call work and other types of working-hours systems. Receiving and responding to calls were perceived as detrimental to general well-being both to workers and their families, fatigue, and performance. The work performed for this thesis allowed the development of the first on-call specific framework that identifies not only the key factors at play but also the relationships between them. It presents a set of principles or theories that other researchers can use to guide future research and that industry professionals can use to deliver more human friendly on-call work management processes and procedures.
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Iboshi, Gregory Kenji. "Architecture of the rail : exploring the potential of urban infrastructure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67423.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1994.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-134).
This thesis is the pursuit of a sensitivity for the relationship between urban infrastructure and architectural form, an attempt to restore a quality of "publicness" in the urban landscape through the implementation of a transit structure. It is the investigation of the physical qualities which could potentially incorporate rail structures as useful elements in the city fabric. Approaching the rail structure as an architectural element which will serve as a framework for the existing and potential city. The intent of the proposal is to challenge the notion of the transit line as a solely technical feat; works of public infrastructure hold a potential to greatly affect our cities and our lives far beyond their expected utility. I suggest an alternative study of the possibilities and effects of these structures as architectural artifact in the urban context and explore the ability for transit systems to act as participants in the life of the city.
by Gregory Kenji Iboshi.
M.Arch.
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Saito, Makoto 1968. "Public/private partnerships in providing rail infrastructure : the Japanese case." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69749.

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Stenström, Christer. "Operation and maintenance performance of rail infrastructure : Model and Methods." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Drift, underhåll och akustik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26302.

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Congestion of roads and sky, increasing energy costs and a demand to reduce emissions, have created a need to shift transportation from road and air to rail. Consequently, rail utilisation is increasing, adding stress to the rail infrastructure and time constraints to maintenance. At the same time, the performance and capacity of rail infrastructure are expected to be preserved or even improved. Railway performance and capacity can be enhanced by: expanding infrastructure; introducing better technology; and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of operation and maintenance. Performance measurement has shown to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organisations, but the development and integration of performance measurements are essential. A key issue in performance measurement is the process of collecting, storing and converting data into information and knowledge, i.e. data analysis and presentation. Organisations use various systems and methods to collect and analyse data, but the analysis of the collected data to extract relevant information is often a challenge. With improved data analysis and performance measurement, rail transportation can meet the requirements of performance and capacity. Specifically, maintenance planning and optimisation of preventive maintenance can be made more effective, which can decrease interruptions of train operation, reduce costs and ensure safety.In this thesis, a model for monitoring and analysis of operation and maintenance performance of rail infrastructure is developed. The model includes various methods for analysis of operation and maintenance data. The work aims to facilitate improvements and optimisation of decision-making in railways.The thesis consists of two parts. The first part gives an introductory summary of the subject and research, followed by a discussion of the appended papers, an extension of the research and conclusions. The second part consists of five appended papers. The first paper concerns the development of a model for improving performance measurement of rail infrastructure. The second paper is a study of indicators related to rail infrastructure performance. The three subsequent papers are development of data analysis methods for: operational availability of rail infrastructure, composite indicators and maintenance costs.Keywords: operation and maintenance, indicators, performance measurement, maintenance cost, rail infrastructure, linear assets, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, aggregation, composite indicators, cost-benefit analysis, decision support
Godkänd; 2014; 20140904 (chrste); Nedanstående person kommer att disputera för avläggande av teknologie doktorsexamen. Namn: Christer Stenström Ämne: Drift och underhållsteknik/Operation and Maintenance Uppsats: Operation and Maintenance Performance of Rail Infrastructure Model and Methods Opponent: Professor Rommert Dekker, Director of the Econometrics Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Nederländerna Ordförande: Professor Uday Kumar, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, Luleå tekniska universitet Tid: Tisdag den 11 november 2014 kl 10.00 Plats: F1031, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Dunlop, Benjamin Marcus. "Improving infrastructure projects in the heavy rail industry of Great Britain." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539755.

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Lingegård, Sofia. "Integrated Product Service Offerings for Rail Infrastructure : Potential Benefits and Challenges." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73901.

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Large amounts of different materials are used when building and maintaining railway infrastructure, and the environmental impacts from the upstream production stages are significant. Industry’s motivation to innovate is low, new products or methods are rarely used, and the lowest price is the main driver for selecting a tender. Integrated Product Service Offerings, or IPSO, has been put forward in the research literature as a potential concept to, from a life-cycle perspective, reduce the environmental impact of products and services, increase cost efficiency and quality, and act as a driver for change. Therefore, this thesis attempts to answer to the aim: “Can the concept of Integrated Product Service Offerings improve the management of rail infrastructure and if so, what would such an implementation induce in terms of risk factors?” The Swedish rail infrastructure is used as a case to discuss the considerations and feasibility of such an implementation. Theories such as product development, information asymmetry and innovation are used to complement the literature focusing on IPSO. The empirical part of the thesis has been collected using individual interviews, group interviews and a survey approach. The contracts currently used in the railway industry have several advantages, such as being a familiar business model that is straightforward to calculate for the contractors. However, they are not optimal for innovation due to e.g. detailed specifications, standards and technological and market lock-in effects. Technological and market lock-in, in combination with a lack of information transfer between different contracts and actors, are major disadvantages with the current practice. Furthermore, the buyer’s conservative business culture makes it difficult to implement new types of contracts since it is difficult to break old habits. Even though the providers are part of the same mature market, the organizational changes needed for them to fulfill IPSO contracts are not seen as a barrier. A benefit with IPSO is the holistic life-cycle perspective that provides incentives for dematerialization, resulting in a more resource-efficient and durable infrastructure. IPSO requires improved information transfer, something which stimulates innovation as well as processes for evaluation of the contracts. Further benefits are potential incentives to get contractors involved in the design phase, where the major decisions about the life-cycle are made, in order to reduce the infrastructure's environmental impact and total life-cycle cost. The contractors hope that IPSO contracts will make the buyer focus less on e.g. the initial purchasing price and more on the total life-cycle cost in relation to quality in order to get the best solution. The actors see themselves as parties with opposing interests. At the same time, IPSO will most likely imply more long-term cooperation, something that calls for common interests, shared risks and flexibility. The innovation possibilities with IPSO could benefit from loosening up the material handling monopoly that the buyer currently holds. Since the buyer is a dominant actor within the industry, this organization has major possibilities to introduce changes that the other actors would have to conform to. Several challenges with IPSO are discussed, and most of them are derived from the risk and uncertainty aspects that come with long-term contracts and inexperience with a new business model. On one hand, the contractors request more flexibility; on the other hand, they are reluctant to take on more responsibility that could lead to increased risk. However, risk does not have to be seen as something completely negative, as it depends on how the contractors choose to deal with it. They can either develop the necessary skills and competence needed to identify and handle the risk in a strategic manner, foster a competitive advantage, or take the problems as they come in a more ad hoc way. A way to reduce risk and uncertainty seems to be to focus on transparency and information sharing between the actors and the contracts. This would also open up IPSO contracts for reinvestments, where the current lack of information concerning the condition of the facilities results in reluctance for IPSO contracts. This research has focused on IPSO for rail infrastructure management, using the Swedish rail infrastructure as a case to discuss the considerations and feasibility of such an implementation. The conclusions, therefore, are valid for rail infrastructure in other geographical locations as well.
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Sipilä, Hans. "Simulation of rail traffic : Methods for timetable construction,delay modeling and infrastructure evaluation." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Transportplanering, ekonomi och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-168032.

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This thesis covers applications and proposes methods for using simulation in a more effectiveway and also in a wider context than normally used. One of the proposed methods deals withdelay modeling that can be used in a calibration process. Furthermore, a method is presentedthat facilitates the management of having timetables, infrastructure scenarios and delays asvariables in simulation studies. The simulation software used in this thesis is RailSys, whichuses a microscopic formulation to describe the infrastructure and train movements.Timetable changes with respect to allowances and buffer times are applied on a real case(Western Main Line) in Sweden in order to analyze how the on-time performance is affectedfor high-speed passenger trains. The potential benefit is that increased allowances and buffertimes will decrease the probability of train interactions and events where the scheduled trainsequence is changed. The on-time performance improves when allowances are increasedand when buffer times concerning high-speed trains are adjusted to at least five minutes inlocations with potential conflicts. One drawback with this approach is that it can consumemore space in a timetable at certain locations, hence other trains may need adjustments inorder reach these buffer times.Setting up simulations, especially in large networks, can take significant amount of timeand effort. One of the reasons is that different types of delay distributions, representingprimary events, are required in order to obtain conformity with reality if a real timetable andnetwork is modeled. Considering train registration data in Sweden, the separation in primaryand secondary delays is not straightforward. The presented method uses the basic trainregistration data to compile distributions of run time deviations for different train groups ina network. The results from the Southern Main Line case study show that a reasonable goodfit was obtained, both for means and standard deviations of delays. A method for capturingthe variance in freight train operations is proposed, partly based on the findings from theaforementioned study. Instead of modeling early freight trains on time, the true initiationdistributions are applied on time-shifted freight trains.In addition to the already mentioned methods, which are applied on real networks, a methodfor reducing the uncertainties coming from assumptions of future conditions is proposed. It isbased on creating combinatorial departure times for train groups and locations and formulatingthe input as nominal timetables to RailSys. The dispatching algorithm implementedin the software can then be utilized to provide feasible, conflict-managed, timetables whichcan be evaluated. This can be followed by operational simulations with stochastic delays ona subset of the provided timetables. These can then consequently be evaluated with respectto mean delays, on-time performance etc.To facility the use of the infrastructure as a variable in these type of studies, an infrastructuregenerator is developed which makes it relatively easy to design different station layouts andproduce complete node-link structures and other necessary definitions. The number, locationand type of stations as well as the linking of stations through single-track or multi-tracksections can be done for multiple infrastructure scenarios. Although the infrastructure canbe defined manually in RailSys, a considerably amount of time and effort may be needed.In order to examine the feasibility of this method, case studies are performed on fictive linesconsisting mostly of single-track sections. This shows that the method is useful, especiallywhen multiple scenarios are studied and the assumptions on timetables consist of departureintervals for train groups and their stop patterns.

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Lingegård, Sofia. "Integrated Product Service Offerings for Rail and Road Infrastructure : Reviewing Applicability in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-110015.

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This research aims to explore and propose a more effective management of rail and road infrastructure and the possibility of a more resource-efficient road and rail infrastructure by applying business models based on performance and a life-cycle perspective. There is a lack of efficiency in the Swedish rail and road infrastructure industries - at the same time as the availability of the rail tracks and roads is essential. Rail and road infrastructure have long lifetimes, around 40-60 years, and during these decades regular maintenance and reconstruction are needed to ensure proper function. Large amounts of resources are required to construct the infrastructure, and the overall environmental pressure depends substantially on this. This research is largely based on interviews conducted with the buyer, contractors and design consultants for rail and road infrastructure in Sweden. Literature reviews have been conducted to develop the framework needed to analyze the empirical findings. This research contributes by building on theory in areas such as Integrated Product Service Offerings (IPSOs) and eco-design, and this abstract presents a brief summary of the overall conclusions. Several challenges for rail and road infrastructure in Sweden have been identified, such as the lack of information and knowledge transfer between different projects and actors. This is due to e.g. the use of traditional short-term contracts and conservative cooperate cultures, creating sub-optimizations in management. Increased collaboration, through e.g. partnering, seems to be a promising way to increase the information and knowledge transfer between actors by increasing trust and interaction. In this way, management would be more effective, and by involving contractors in the design phase, more efficient technical solutions could be developed and used. Additionally, increased involvement by the design consultants and an iterative information loop between design, construction and maintenance could also be beneficial. The research indicates that increased cooperation increases trust. In this way, there is a possibility to remove the detailed requirements that prevent new ways of working. Rail and road infrastructure have characteristics, such as the resources used and the importance of availability, that are well-suited for IPSOs. This performance-based business model with a life-cycle perspective provides incentives to optimize the use of resources and provide a holistic view for management that is lacking today for rail and road infrastructure. However, a long-term contract such as an IPSO creates uncertainties. The actors are risk-averse, which is an obstacle in the development of new business models and contract forms. Most of the risks and uncertainties identified are due to lack of experience. This implies that an implementation of IPSOs will have a steep learning curve. Additionally, risk allocation between the actors is important for effective management: too much risk for the suppliers will make them reluctant in developing new solutions, and they will use a risk premium to cover up for the risk.
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Books on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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The Rail Infrastructure Directorate: A guide. [Ottawa]: The Directorate, 1997.

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Jones, Joseph. National rail network study: International review of rail infrastructure policies. Kingston, Ont: CIGGT, 1992.

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Panagiotopoulou, M. A. Implementation of light rail transit infrastructure projects: Public versus private. Manchester: UMIST, 1997.

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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Transportation: Invest in America : freight - rail bottom line report. [Washington, D.C.]: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2002.

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Directorate, Canada Rail Infrastructure. The Rail Infrastructure Directorate : a guide =: Guide sur la Direction de l'infrastructure ferroviaire. Ottawa, Ont: Canadian Transportation Agency = Office des transports du Canada, 1997.

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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee. Passenger rail franchising and the future of railway infrastructure: First report of session 2001-02. London: Stationery Office, 2002.

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Conference, Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad. Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Rail Conference: Restoring and upgrading rail infrastructure, rolling stock and systems : presented at the 2006 Joint Rail Conference : April 4-6, 2006, Atlanta, Georiga, USA. New York, NY: ASME, 2007.

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Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Conference (2006 Atlanta, Georgia). Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Rail Conference: Restoring and upgrading rail infrastructure, rolling stock and systems : presented at the 2006 Joint Rail Conference, April 4-6, 2006, Atlanta, Georiga, USA. New York, New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006.

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Norton, Andrew Thomas. The East-West Rail Link: A case study of issues surrounding the implementation of new rail infrastructure supported by the United Kingdom's integrated transport strategy. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, 2001.

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Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation. Civil Works Conference. Proceedings of the Civil Works Conference: Design-build civil infrastructure projects : the Taiwan high speed rail experience. Taipei, Taiwan: [s.n.], 2004.

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Book chapters on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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Young, Richard R., Gary A. Gordon, and Jeremy F. Plant. "Protecting rail infrastructure." In Railway Security, 174–83. Abington, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315155296-11.

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Abramović, Borna. "Infrastructure Access Charges." In Sustainable Rail Transport, 45–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58643-4_4.

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Sładkowski, Aleksander, and Krzysztof Bizoń. "Aspects of Rail Infrastructure Design." In Sustainable Rail Transport, 113–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58643-4_8.

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Rüger, Bernhard. "Influence of Passenger Behaviour on Railway-Station Infrastructure." In Sustainable Rail Transport, 127–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78544-8_8.

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Sawicki, Maciej I. "Poland’s National/Regional Needs in Road/Rail Transportation Issues." In Transportation Infrastructure, 39–57. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61092-9_3.

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Endemann, Peter. "Online Rail Freight Exchange (ORFE): Better Rail Competitiveness and Acceptance." In Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development, 213–28. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15708-5_12.

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Rahman, A., and G. Chattopadhyay. "Estimation of Rail Failure Parameters for Developing Rail Maintenance Models." In Engineering Asset Management and Infrastructure Sustainability, 749–58. London: Springer London, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-493-7_58.

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Miller, John B. "Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System." In Case Studies in Infrastructure Delivery, 129–48. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0923-3_8.

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Massel, Andrzej. "Development of the high-speed rail infrastructure – Polish experience." In High-Speed Rail in Poland, 35–51. Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boca Raton : CRC Press/Balkema, [2018]: CRC Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351003308-2.

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D’Amore, Pasquale, and Annarita Tedesco. "Technologies for the Implementation of a Security System on Rail Transportation Infrastructures." In Railway Infrastructure Security, 123–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04426-2_7.

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Conference papers on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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Oymak, E. "Stations as a service future railway stations: from vision to delivery." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0057.

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Clarke, D. "Introduction to the Future Railway Programme." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0050.

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Dentten, R. "Establishing Quality Asset Information Utilising Object-Based Technologies." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0051.

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Easton, J. "A People Centred Approach to Intelligent Asset Management." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0052.

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Cebola, N. "Alarm management strategies in intelligent infrastructure management systems." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0053.

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Morris, T. "Crossing the Tracks: shared problems and ITS solutions in road and rail." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0054.

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Farquharson, K. "Managing the asset infrastructure." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0055.

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Ross, A. "The Human Threat." In Intelligent Rail Infrastructure. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ic.2015.0056.

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McCarthy, William T. "TSAR high-rail system for measurement of rail lateral restraint." In Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Infrastructure, edited by Donald E. Gray and Daniel H. Stone. SPIE, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.212681.

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Zicha, Jan H. "Potential Sources of High-Speed Rail Civil Infrastructure Cost Reduction." In 2012 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2012-74138.

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High-speed rail infrastructures support the fastest and safest passenger ground transportation mode in existence. Since these infrastructures represent a major achievement of human ingenuity, they are expected to be exceptional. However, the cost of high-speed rail infrastructure does not have to mirror such exceptional status under all circumstances. Well documented yet underutilized civil engineering concepts and features exist that carry considerable cost reduction potentials. They are based on experience with strategic project structuring, appreciation of dynamic track/train interaction trends that control high speed movement, maintenance experience, and component testing. Their utilization is often contingent upon engineering necessary to perform adjustments due to specific conditions, and on availability of verification testing to overcome the established status quo. This article is based on practical consulting and operational experience. The presented issues include concepts of cost-effective positioning of civil engineering subsystems in a high-speed rail project, detection and avoidance of cost-rising zones by alignment selection, trackwork geometries and structural features justifying major reductions of horizontal radii, cost-effective selection and use of slabtrack, and cost minimization steps recommended in high-speed rail tunnel design. Supportive theoretical backgrounds exist; however, their presentation would require several papers.
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Reports on the topic "Rail infrastructure"

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Heuermann, Daniel, and Johannes Schmieder. The Effect of Infrastructure on Worker Mobility: Evidence from High-Speed Rail Expansion in Germany. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w24507.

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Chandra, Shailesh, Timothy Thai, Vivek Mishra, and Princeton Wong. Evaluating Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the California High-Speed Rail Project. Mineta Transportation Institute, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.2047.

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Millions of dollars are involved in high-speed rail (HSR) infrastructure construction and maintenance. Large-scale projects like HSR require funding from a variety of avenues beyond those available through public monies. Although HSR serves the general public’s mobility needs, any funds (whether State or Federal) flowing from the public exchequer usually undergo strict review and scrutiny. Funds from public agencies are always limited, making such traditional financing mechanisms unsustainable for fulfilling HSR’s long-term operational and maintenance cost needs—on top of initial costs involved in construction. Therefore, any sustainable means of financing HSR projects would always be welcome. This research presents an alternate revenue generation mechanism that could be sustainable for financing HSR’s construction, operation, and maintenance. The methodology involves determining key HSR stations, which, after development and improvement, could significantly add value to businesses and real estate growth. Any form of real estate taxes levied on properties surrounding such stations could substantially support the HSR project’s funding needs. In this research, a bi-objective optimization problem is posed in conjunction with a Pareto-optimal front framework to identify those key stations. With 28 California HSR stations used as an example, it was observed that the four proposed HSR stations in Fullerton, Millbrae-SFO, San Francisco Transbay Terminal, and San Diego would be excellent candidates for development. Their development could increase the economic vitality of surrounding businesses. The findings could serve as valuable information for California HSR authorities to focus on developing key stations that would generate an alternate funding source for an HSR project facing funding challenges.
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Edwards, Frances, Joseph Szyliowicz, Dan Goodrich, William Medigovich, Liz Lange, and Autumn Anderton. Surface Transportation Supply Chain Security: Creating a Blueprint for Future Research. Mineta Transportation Institute, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.1937.

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Ninety percent of the world’s trade goods travel by surface transportation, using maritime, road and rail assets. The security of the goods in transit, the infrastructure supporting the movement, and the vehicles, are required to ensure that international commerce proceeds successfully. Much has been written about the surface supply chain itself, but little has focused on the security of these components. This report provides a guide for those wanting an increased understanding of the security issues that supply chain surface transportation systems confront and a blueprint to guide their future research.
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Chandra, Shailesh, Mehran Rahmani, Timothy Thai, Vivek Mishra, and Jacqueline Camacho. Evaluating Financing Mechanisms and Economic Benefits to Fund Grade Separation Projects. Mineta Transportation Institute, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1926.

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Investment in transportation infrastructure projects generates benefits, both direct and indirect. While emissions reductions, crash reductions, and travel time savings are prominent direct benefits, there are indirect benefits in the form of real estate enhancements that could pay off debt or loan incurred in the improvement of the infrastructure itself. Studies have shown that improvements associated with rail transportation (such as station upgrades) trigger an increase in the surrounding real estate values, increasing both the opportunity for monetary gains and, ultimately, property tax collections. There is plenty of available guidance that provides blueprints for benefits calculations for operational improvements in rail transportation. However, resources are quite limited in the analysis of benefits that accrue from the separation of railroad at-grade crossings. Understanding the impact of separation in a neighborhood with high employment or population could generate revenues through increased tax collections. In California, the research need is further amplified by a lack of guidance from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on at-grade crossing for separation based on revenue generated. There is a critical need to understand whether grade separation projects could impact neighboring real estate values that could potentially be used to fund such separations. With COVID-19, as current infrastructure spending in California is experiencing a reboot, an approach more oriented to benefits and costs for railroad at-grade separation should be explored. Thus, this research uses a robust benefits-to-cost analysis (BCA) to probe the economic impacts of railroad at-grade separation projects. The investigation is carried out across twelve railroad-highway at-grade crossings in California. These crossings are located at Francisquito Ave., Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, Sassafras St., Palm St., Civic Center Dr., L St., Spring St. (North), J St., E St., H St., Parkmoor West, and Nursery Ave. The authors found that a majority of the selected at-grade crossings analyzed accrue high benefits-to-cost (BC) ratios from travel time savings, safety improvements, emissions reductions, and potential revenue generated if property taxes are collected and used to fund such separation projects. The analysis shows that with the estimated BC ratios, the railroad crossing at Nursery Ave. in Fremont, Palm St. in San Diego, and H St. in Chula Vista could be ideal candidates for separation. The methodology presented in this research could serve as a handy reference for decision-makers selecting one or more at-grade crossings for the separation considering economic outputs and costs.
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Agrawal, Asha Weinstein, Hilary Nixon, and Cameron Simmons. Investing in California’s Transportation Future: Public Opinion on Critical Needs. Mineta Transportation Institute, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2020.1861.

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In 2017, the State of California adopted landmark legislation to increase the funds available for transportation in the state: Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Through a combination of higher gas and diesel motor fuel taxes, SB1 raises revenue for four critical transportation needs in the state: road maintenance and rehabilitation, relief from congestion, improvements to trade corridors, and improving transit and rail services. To help state leaders identify the most important projects and programs to fund within those four topical areas, we conducted an online survey that asked a sample of 3,574 adult Californians their thoughts on how the state can achieve the SB1 objectives. The survey was administered from April to August 2019 with a survey platform and panel of respondents managed by Qualtrics. Quota sampling ensured that the final sample closely reflects California adults in terms of key socio-demographic characteristics and geographic distribution. Key findings included very strong support for improving all transportation modes, reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, and more convenient options to travel without driving. Respondents placed particular value on better maintenance for both local streets and roads, as well as highways. Finally, the majority of respondents assessed all types of transportation infrastructure in their communities as somewhat or very good.
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Wagner, Anna, Christopher Hiemstra, Glen Liston, Katrina Bennett, Dan Cooley, and Arthur Gelvin. Changes in climate and its effect on timing of snowmelt and intensity-duration-frequency curves. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/41402.

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Snow is a critical water resource for much of the U.S. and failure to account for changes in climate could deleteriously impact military assets. In this study, we produced historical and future snow trends through modeling at three military sites (in Washington, Colorado, and North Dakota) and the Western U.S. For selected rivers, we performed seasonal trend analysis of discharge extremes. We calculated flood frequency curves and estimated the probability of occurrence of future annual maximum daily rainfall depths. Additionally, we generated intensity-duration-frequency curves (IDF) to find rainfall intensities at several return levels. Generally, our results showed a decreasing trend in historical and future snow duration, rain-on-snow events, and snowmelt runoff. This decreasing trend in snowpack could reduce water resources. A statistically significant increase in maximum streamflow for most rivers at the Washington and North Dakota sites occurred for several months of the year. In Colorado, only a few months indicated such an increase. Future IDF curves for Colorado and North Dakota indicated a slight increase in rainfall intensity whereas the Washington site had about a twofold increase. This increase in rainfall intensity could result in major flood events, demonstrating the importance of accounting for climate changes in infrastructure planning.
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