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Lin, Guiye, Luoning Xiang, and Kun Sang. "Scenic Railway Mapping: An Analysis of Spatial Patterns in France Based on Historical GIS." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 11, no. 2 (January 31, 2022): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11020099.
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Scenic railway refers to the trains that operate for tourism purposes, which are mainly maintained for facilitating leisure activities, scenic tours, and heritage experiences. As both an extension of railway heritage and an important redevelopment method, this concept is meaningful for the touristic development of historical railways but has received less attention in academia. To understand the tourism and landscape values of scenic railways from a geo-historical perspective and discuss the recent techniques and methods for railway tourism, this article first introduces the relationship between railway and landscape and the concept of scenic railway in French literature. Secondly, it analyzes the current distribution of French scenic railways based on geographic information system (GIS) tools. Through georeferencing, mapping, data relating and joining, calculating, and classifying, different groups of scenic railways are systemized and published online. Following statistical treatment, the pattern of distribution of scenic railways in comparison with the standard-gauge railway system in France is revealed. Based on the discussions on scenic railways, further study should focus more on the landscape evaluation of scenic railways and its integration with other spatial technologies for deeper geo-analysis. Moreover, the research results can serve as a reference for the development of relative railway heritage and tourist activities.
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Elkhoury, Najwa, Lalith Hitihamillage, Sara Moridpour, and Dilan Robert. "Degradation Prediction of Rail Tracks: A Review of the Existing Literature." Open Transportation Journal 12, no. 1 (February 28, 2018): 88–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874447801812010088.
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In the past few decades, the railway infrastructure has been widely expanded in urban and rural areas, making it the most complex matrix of rail transport networks. Safe and comfortable travel on railways has always been a common goal for transportation engineers and researchers, and requires railways in excellent condition and well-organized maintenance practices. Degradation of rail tracks is a main concern for railway organizations as it affects the railway’s behaviour and its parameters, such as track geometry, speed, traffic and loads. Therefore, the prediction of the degradation of rail tracks is very important in order to optimise maintenance needs, reduce maintenance and operational costs of railways, and improve rail track conditions.This paper provides a comprehensive review of rail degradation prediction models, their parameters, and the strengths and weaknesses of each model. A comprehensive discussion of existing research and a comparison of different models of degradation of rail tracks is also provided. Finally, this review presents concluding remarks on the limitations of existing studies and provides recommendations for further research and appraisal practices.
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Article, Editorial. "DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN CHINA AND EUROPE." World of Transport and Transportation 15, no. 2 (April 28, 2017): 164. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2017-15-2-30.
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[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Russian Railways, Chinese Railways, Belarusian Railway, Deutsche Bahn, the National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Ulaanbataar Railway and Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA (Polish State Railways, Inc.) signed in April 2017 a multilateral agreement to deepen cooperation on the organisation of container trains between China and Europe. Based on releases of press service of JSC Russian Railways.
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V. Marochka, О. Marochka, V. Jurbenko, Т. Lukhenko, and А. Poznyakov. "METHODS OF ASSESSING THE TECHNICAL CONDITION ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES ON NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY." Bridges and tunnels: Theory, Research, Practice, no. 7 (April 16, 2016): 35–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.15802/bttrp2015/66700.
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Purpose. Analysis of the existing structures on the narrow-gauge railways, the research experience of of exploitation of these facilities on the narrow-gauge railways and the development of methodology for assessing the technical condition of the infrastructure of narrow gauge railways in accordance the existing norms. Methodology. Implementation of the expert group inspections and surveys path elements and passenger infrastructure and rolling stock and ancillary industries involved in the operation of the narrow-gauge railway and the assessment of the overall technical condition of the railway track and structures plot narrow-gauge railway in the Carpathian region. Findings. The authors of this study developed a method for assessing the technical condition of infrastructure of narrow gauge railways, which solves most of the issues of operating structures of narrow-gauge railways. Originality. Analysis of existing standards for narrow-gauge railways was held. Surveying of the infrastructure of railways were performed. With this in one normative document it became possible to collect almost all of the basic requirements for the structure and the way to the narrow-gauge railways, it is necessary at the time of the survey, assessing the technical condition and the design, construction and operation of these structures. Practical value. Developed «Methodology to evaluate the technical condition of the infrastructure Narrow Gauge Railway» is the basis for establishing a modern system of operating facilities and the track on the narrow-gauge railways.
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Nikonova, Yana I., and Elena A. Proskuryakova. "Digitalization of railway station complexes." Modern Transportation Systems and Technologies 8, no. 3 (October 3, 2022): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/transsyst20228331-44.
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Background: Digital railway is the most important global trend in the development of railway transport. Smart station is part of the digital railway concept. Currently, there is no unambiguous solution to the problem of how to introduce advanced information technologies to improve the efficiency and level of service of the railway transport system in the station complexes. The construction of new and reconstruction of existing station complexes in accordance with the concept of smart station is also relevant for Russian railways.
Aim: identify priority areas for the development of station complexes; to characterize the main measures for the digitalization of the management system of railway stations of Russian Railways.
Materials and Methods: in the course of the study, a systematic approach, analysis, synthesis, methods and tools for statistical data processing were used: tabular method, methods for calculating average and relative values, methods for analyzing dynamics. Activities for the digitalization of station management systems were evaluated on the basis of methods for evaluating the effectiveness of investment projects in the field of railway transport. The information base consists of the works of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of digitalization of railways, the development of railway stations, as well as strategic documents of Russian Railways: Long-term program for the development of railway stations of the Directorate of Railway Stations a branch of Russian Railways for the period up to 2025; The concept of efficient use and development of railway stations for the period up to 2030; Development strategy of the Russian Railways holding for the period up to 2030; Long-term development program of Russian Railways until 2025.
Results: the world trends in the development of station complexes are considered; clarified the essence of the category smart station; the characteristics of the main directions of digitalization of the station complexes of Russian Railways are given.
Conclusion: the concept of smart station is the basis for changes in the organization of the activities of station complexes being implemented in modern conditions. The introduction of digitalization contributes to an increase in the efficiency of all types of activities of the station complexes of Russian Railways.
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Maskeliūnaitė, Lijana. "RAILWAYS IN LITHUANIA: FROM TSARIST RUSSIA TO RAIL BALTICA." Transport 36, no. 4 (December 8, 2021): 364–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/transport.2021.16086.
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Lithuania is a transit country. It is a small but significant territory between East and West. This fact is substantiated by the history of the country railways, which started when Tsarist Russia launched the construction of the railway between Saint-Petersburg and Warsaw. There is not much research into the history of railways in Russia, also in Lithuania. Besides, not all available information is reliable due to the nihilistic attitudes towards Tsarism of that time. Only some of the railways in the former Soviet Union were written and talked about. The history of the Lithuania railway is not an exception. Different written sources provide a variety of dates for the first railway to be built in Lithuania. They mirror varied events in the history of Lithuanian railways, thus all of them must be taken into consideration. The article presents the evolution of Lithuanian railway transport from Tsarist Russia to Rail Baltica, which is the European railway project currently implemented in Lithuania. The article discusses the world’s first railways including the ones in Tsarist Russia when the history of Lithuanian railways started. The article also considers the building of the first railway in Lithuania, construction of railway stations, setting the transportation tariffs, selection of railway employees. The author of the article employs historical and online resources as well as a long-standing personal experience in railway transport. The research into Tsar Family’s diaries and historical novels makes it possible to disclose the facts that are not widely known. The author considers the future of Lithuania with reference to the construction of the European railway Rail Baltica. The article would be useful for the readers who are interested in the historical development and future of Lithuanian railways.
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Wang, Zhen, Jianqiang Zhang, and Izumi Watanabe. "Source Apportionment and Risk Assessment of Soil Heavy Metals due to Railroad Activity Using a Positive Matrix Factorization Approach." Sustainability 15, no. 1 (December 21, 2022): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15010075.
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The effects of railway operation on soil environments are an important topic. In this research, soil samples were collected from two diesel-driven railways and two electric railways in Japan. A positive matrix factorization (PMF) model was applied to investigate the sources of eight heavy metals in the soil near the railways. The results showed that railway operation was the dominant anthropogenic source of heavy metals in the soil in the study areas among five potential sources, with contributions ranging from 11.73% to 42.55%. Compared with that of electricity-driven railways, the effect of diesel-driven railways was larger. The environmental risk-assessment analysis suggested that the soils near the selected railways fall within the weak-to-extremely strong contamination category, and experienced moderate-to-extremely strong ecological risk. A health risk assessment revealed that the soil presented both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic risks for children, with ingestion as the principal exposure pathway. The PMF-Environment Risk Assessment and PMF-Human Health Risk Assessment models were developed to obtain the ecological and human health risks for every source category. Railway operation was regarded as the major factor influencing ecology and human health at the diesel-driven railway sampling sites. However, at electricity-driven railway sampling sites, natural sources were dominant.
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Zakharov, V. B., and E. E. Komarov. "Railways of India. An important stage of modernization is completed – unification of track width." BRIСS Transport 2, no. 2 (June 28, 2023): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2023.2.1.
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India, the Republic of India is a country of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, the largest state in the world by population — 1.42 billion people (end of 2022), occupying an area of over 3 million square kilometers. India, which has accelerated the pace of its socio-economic development in recent decades, is playing an increasingly important role in the international arena every year, including as one of the BRICS organizers. The state railways of India are managed by the Ministry of Railways of India represented by Indian Railways (99 % of the country’s railway network) and are, despite the dominance of motor transport, remain one of the main modes of transport. During the year, the railways of India transport more than 8 billion passengers (2nd place in the world after Japan), the staff of the railways of India will amount to 1.2 million people (the 7th employer in the world). Railway transport in India is developing intensively, in recent years, work has been intensified on the organization of high–speed traffi c on a number of lines of existing railways, the fi rst high-speed railway line Mumbai — Ahmedabad is being built with a normal gauge of 1435 mm with a length of 508 km, designed for a maximum train speed of 350 km/h. The authors of the article have repeatedly visited India, visited various railway enterprises, railway educational institutions — universities and institutes, met with industry leaders at the Ministry of Railways of India, traveled along the country’s railways along a number of routes with a total length of about six thousand km.
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Serdiuk, Vladimir A. "DYNAMICS OF THE NUMBER OF FEMALE RAILWAY WORKERS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR." Ural Historical Journal 79, no. 2 (2023): 77–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.30759/1728-9718-2023-2(79)-77-86.
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The article shows the dynamics of the number of women working on the Russian Empire’s railways during the First World War. The article provides comparative statistics on the number, percentage and positions occupied by women on the railways before the war (1913) and on the front-line and home front railways during the war (1914–1917), based on the analysis of records of civil and military authorities. The author has established that the initial phase of changes in the personnel policy of the Ministry of Railways and local railway administrations in favour of recruiting more women to railway service dates back to the second half of 1915. The changes in personnel policy were primarily due to the mobilisation of reserve soldiers, many of whom had previously worked on the railways. Initially seen by the Ministry of Railways as a temporary and forced measure, the trend of replacing the men who had gone to the front by women gained momentum in 1916, as a result of which the scope of women’s work in the railway industry was constantly expanding. The article draws a conclusion about the all-Russian trend of gradual expansion of the sphere of women’s labour on the railways, demonstrates the growth of the absolute number of female railway workers, which was conditioned by the needs of military and civil authorities during the First World War.
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Nanobashvili George, Nanobashvili George. "Transit Potential and Role of Georgian Railways in the Development of Georgian Economy." Economics 105, no. 09-10 (November 24, 2022): 131–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.36962/ecs105/9-10/2022-131.
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The railway is an important sector of the economy of Georgia. Despite its small share in the gross domestic product of the country, its role in the socio-economic development of the country is large. "Georgian Railway" is the only railway operator in Georgia. The company mainly provides services related to cargo transportation and transports various types of cargo from Central Asia to the Black Sea. The Georgian Railways also provides passenger transport. The company has a vertically integrated business model, owning and managing tracks, stations, terminals, other railway infrastructure and rolling stock covering the entire railway system across Georgia. The main railway network of "Georgian Railways", together with the railway of Azerbaijan, forms the Caucasus Railway Corridor, which is a key segment of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor (TRACECA). The main railway network of "Georgian Railways" is the shortest way connecting the Caspian Sea region and Central Asia with the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The mentioned location uniquely contributes to the positioning of Georgian Railways in the trade system of Europe, the Caspian Sea region and Central Asia. Therefore, its economic growth and sustainable development largely depends on the effective use of the potential of a transit country. In this regard, it is necessary for the railways to be able to offer profitable conditions to customers and their practical implementation, for which it is necessary to create a powerful modern infrastructure, which ensures guaranteed protection of cargoes, their fast transportation and reduction of transport costs. Priority is given to scientific and technological directions, which should expand the use of advanced inventions in railway transport and increase the competitiveness of Georgian transport services in the market. It is necessary to modernize the railways by planning innovative projects, which in turn are associated with large investments. Keywords: Management, transport, railway transport, competitiveness.
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Kreynis, Z. L. "Rail transport — the path from the past to the future." Transport Technician: Education and Practice 1, no. 3 (September 24, 2020): 237–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2687-1033.2020.3.237-248.
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On the eve of the approaching 200th anniversary of railway transport, the role and signifi of railways in the history of mankind are considered. A brief overview of ideas and implemented technologies is given, in chronological order, the path that the railways have traveled from slow-moving cars to modern super-express trains that compete with airliners are traced. In the conditions of an intensively operating railway network, professional qualities and the level of training of railway specialists are of particular importance. The development and improvement of a complex complex of railways is directly related to and depends on the level of training. Today, a specialist must perfectly know and understand the essence of the processes occurring in the transport system, the patterns and rules for the maintenance and repair of vehicles, ensure the safety of train traffic and labor safety. It is extremely important to know your past, to remember the path that our railways have traveled. The modern era of improving the transport system shows that railways have excellent prospects. The study of the history of railway transport demonstrates how great is the contribution and how great is the importance of the achievements of domestic railways in world practice.
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Maghazei, Omid, and Matthias Steinmann. "Drones in Railways." European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 20, no. 3 (September 29, 2020): 87–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2020.20.3.4612.
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Evidence shows that the applications of drones are increasing quickly in many industries. Railways are no exception. Due to fast advances in technology, drones are on the verge of breakthroughs that will affect future applications, implementations, and their consequences. Looking ahead, we elaborate on the potential for drones in railways. We use scenario planning and combine it with the findings of an action research project, which we conducted with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). First, we explore the applications and future trends of drone use in railway operations. Second, based on seven identified factors that may affect the future of drones in railways by 2030, we develop three future scenarios: pessimistic, realistic, and optimistic. The study results help practitioners make informed decisions regarding future drone programs in railways. We also contribute theoretical insights into how high-potential technologies can unleash new capabilities in railway operations.
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Cosmin, V. V. "Japanese Railways: research and development." Transport Technician: Education and Practice 1, no. 4 (November 24, 2020): 339–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2687-1033.2020.4.339-344.
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The main directions of scientific and applied work carried out for the railways of Japan, the tasks facing the country’s railway transport, as well as the main guidelines of the new five-year plan for scientific research of the Scientific Research Railway Institute of Japan developed in Japan are investigated. Much attention is paid to digitalization as a key problem in the development of the country’s railways in the near and long term. The objects of digitalization on the railways of Japan are presented. The main scientific research for the Japanese railways is carried out by the Research Institute of Railway Transport (RTRI), whose researchers are united in 17 departments and, in addition to deep theoretical research, have a powerful and developed experimental base consisting of four test centers. RTRI’s objectives are to intensify research and development work to improve rail safety, technology and operations, taking into account customer needs and social change; developing professional knowledge in all aspects of railways to meet the challenges faced by railways, using advanced scientific knowledge; mastering advanced technologies in relation to the needs of Japanese railways and reaching a leading position in the world. The primary principles of RTRI research activities for the coming period are considered.
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Voulfov, A. B. "30 years of the Russian Railroad Amateurs’ Society." Transport Technician: Education and Practice 1, no. 4 (November 24, 2020): 372–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2687-1033.2020.4.372-375.
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The creation, formation and activities of the Inter-Regional Public Organization the "Railroad Amateurs’ Society" (VOLZD) are considered. The Society has become a notable unit for the preservation and promotion of the historical heritage of our country's railways. At the conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the VOLZD, the great role of the Company was noted, congratulations were made by the head of the JSC "Russian Railways" O.V. Belozerov and the chief engineer of the company S.A. Kobzev. The main goals and objectives of VOLZD are shown: preservation and promotion of the historical heritage of railway transport, creation of a positive image of railways in the eyes of the general public, satisfaction of cognitive interest in the railway, education and vocational guidance, development of railway modeling, reference and information activities. The algorithm of the Society's work is presented. It was noted that VOLZD is an active partner of Russian Railways in the field of popularization of the past and present of the industry, propagandizes the historical activities of Russian Railways in Russia and abroad. The Society advises the company, its branches, and other organizations in the field of the history of railways (while maintaining retro technology, preparing mass events and orders in the field of the history of railways, filming, etc.).
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Zhang, Mengmeng, Jiang Xu, and Calvin King Lam Chung. "Politics of Scale, Bargaining Power and Its Spatial Impacts: Planning for Intercity Railways in the Pearl River Delta, China." China Quarterly 243 (January 29, 2020): 676–700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030574101900153x.
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AbstractThe recent proliferation of China's railways has posed challenges to the dominance of the national-level railway authority on railway development. Since the 2000s, the planning of new railways has evolved into a politics of scale in which actors across multiple scales of government have bargained over railway alignment and station siting for their respective interests. This politics is shaped by the uneven bargaining powers of the contending state agents over railway planning. Interscalar division of regulatory oversight over strategic resources for railway development enables state agents at some scales to bargain more successfully, whereas variations in administrative and economic standing further differentiate the interscalar bargaining powers of municipal governments. Different results of bargaining across scales for each city have produced, as intercity railway planning in the Pearl River Delta illustrates, significant intercity variations in average travel times to the stations for the new railways that these cities share. Owing to the peculiar scalar distribution of the costs and benefits of the new railways, municipal governments with greater bargaining power have, contrary to traditional wisdom, bargained for less accessibility to intercity railway stations.
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van Criekinge, Jan. "Historisch Overzicht van de Spoorwegen in West-Afrika." Afrika Focus 5, no. 3-4 (January 15, 1989): 133–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2031356x-0050304003.
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Historical Survey of the Railway Development in West Africa The present day railway system in West Africa is the result of the transport-policy developed by the colonial powers (France, Great Britain and Germany) at the end of the 19th century. It is remarkable that no network of railways, like in Southern Africa, was brought about. The colonial railways in West Africa were built by the State or by a joint-stock company within the borders of one colony to export the raw materials from the production centres to the harbours. Nevertheless railways were built for more than economical grounds only, in West Africa they had to accomplish a strategic and military role by “opening Africa for the European civilization”. Hargreaves calls railways the “heralds of new imperialism” and Baumgart speaks of the own dynamics of the railways, to push the European colonial powers further into Africa ... The construction of a railway needed a very high capital investment and the European capitalists wouldn’t like to take risks in areas that were not yet “pacified”. It is remarkable how many projects to build a Transcontinental railway right across the Sahara desert largely remained on paper. Precisely because such plans did not materialize, however, the motive force they provided to such imperialist actions as political-territorial annexations can be traced all the more clearly. The French built the first railway in West Africa, the Dakar - St-Louis line (Senegal), between 1879 and 1885. This line stimulated the production of ground-nuts, although the French colonial-military lobby has had other motives. The real motivation became very clear at the construction of the Kayes-Bamako railway. Great difficulties needed the military occupation of the region and the violent recruitment of thousands of black labourers, all over the region. The same problems transformed the building of the Kayes-Dakar line into a real hell. Afterwards the Siné Saloum region has been through a “agricultural revolution”, when the local ground-nuts-producers have been able to produce for foreign markets. The first British railways were built in Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast-colony (Ghana). Jn Nigeria railway construction stimulated the growth of Lagos as an harbour and administrative centre. Lugard had plans for the unification of Nigeria by railways. The old Hausa town of Kano flourished after the opening of the Northern Railway, for other towns a period of decline had begun. Harbour cities and interior railwayheads caused an influx of population from periphery regions, the phenomenon is called “port concentration”. Also the imperial Germany built a few railwaylines in their former colony Togo, to avoid the traffic flow off to the British railways. ifs quite remarkable that the harbours at the Gulf of Guinea-coast developed much later than the harbours of Senegal and Sierra Leone. After the First World War only a few new railways were constructed, the revenues remained very low, so the (colonial) state had to take over many lines. The competition between railways and roadtransport demonstrated the first time in Nigeria, it was the beginning of the decline of railways as the most important transportsystems in West Africa. Only multinational companies built specific railways for the export of minerals (iron, ore and bauxite) after the Second World War, and the French completed the Abidjan - Ouagadougou railway (1956). The consequences of railway construction in West Africa on economic, demographic and social sphere were not so far-reaching as in Southern Africa, but the labour migration and the first labour unions of railwaymen who organized strikes in Senegal and the Ivory Coast mentioned the changing social situation. The bibliography of the West African railways contains very useful studies about the financial policy of the railway companies and the governments, but only a few railways were already studied by economic historians.
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Hampton, David. "We Remember: the Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial." Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Culture 11 (2020): 171–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17082/j.2205-3239.11.1.2020.2020-12.
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The Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial stands as a tribute to the men from the workshops who enlisted to serve in the First World War. Research into the efforts to raise funds, construct and dedicate the memorial provides insight into the culture and internal workings of the workshops, its workforce and its role within Queensland Railways. The cost of producing the memorial it was met through contributions from the workshops workforce, as well as in kind donations and provision of materials and equipment from the Railways. It was designed by the Queensland Railways architect Vincent Price. As it was located on Queensland Railway property it was the railway department’s responsibility to ensure it was maintained and cared for just like any other asset in the Railway’s portfolio. Despite these unique qualities the story of this memorial also runs parallel to the efforts of cities, towns and communities across Queensland and Australia to raise funds and build tributes to the members of their communities who served and died in the First World War. Communities across Queensland commissioned 61 similar memorials in response to the significant loss of community members as a result of the war. The Ipswich Workshops Memorial therefore reflects a broader aesthetic and commemorative trend. The legacy of this trend continues to influence aspects of community remembrance today. The Ipswich Workshops Memorial and many like it continue to serve as the focal point for commemorative activities on ANZAC and Remembrance Day.
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Moistsrapishvili, Manana, Nugzar Rurua, and Angi Gurgenidze. "Approaches to Solving the Problems of Operation of Low Load Tension Railway Lines (LLRL) and Concepts of Key Strategies." Works of Georgian Technical University, no. 2(524) (June 6, 2022): 133–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.36073/1512-0996-2022-2-133-139.
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It is known that the effective functioning of the railways depends on their load-bearing capacity, and therefore, special attention is paid to the pre-feasibility study and the payback period of the capital investments invested in the works during the capital investments of the railways. Because the operation of railway lines is associated with significant costs, its existence within the allowable limits of its size requires periodic evaluation and planning and implementation of engineering measures. The essence of the problem created by the operation of lowload railways of the world and Georgian railways are discussed. The main reasons for the deterioration of the operating data of these railways are reviewed. Low load railway lines are separated throughout the Georgian Railway and their total length and percentage composition in the overall railway network of the country are determined. The article outlines the main trends in the operation of low-load railways identified as a result of the analysis of foreign experience and presents four strategies based on this trends. Not yet established state approach to the use of LLRL infrastructure in Georgia can be based on the above mentioned stratages. It is noted that each of the proposed strategies has different efficiencies and selection conditions, so it should be considered according to the problems of each low-load rail section with innovative and / or traditional approaches to develop adaptive mechanisms for the operation of low-activity railway lines.
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Klapchuk, Volodymyr, Lesia Polyova, Liliya Loyak, and Iryna Mendela. "Major and local railways in Bukovina before World War I." Echa Przeszłości, no. XXIII/2 (December 7, 2022): 59–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/ep.8389.
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The article analyzes the history of railway transport in Bukovina. Railway connections have played and continue to play an important role in the social and economic development of the region. Railway connections created new opportunities for the organization of cost-effective passenger and cargo transport. Railway lines organically combined passenger needs with the region’s economic interests. Railway transport also facilitated the general mobilization in the country on the eve of World War I. The study explores the evolution of major and local railways in Bukovina. The strategic importance of the network of major and local railways for the region’s development and its positive impact on all areas of life in Bukovina were analyzed. Special emphasis was placed on the strategic importance of Bukovina’s railways in the overall railway system of the Habsburg Empire. The study demonstrated that on the eve of the World War I at the beginning of the 20th century, Bukovina had numerous connections to external railways and played an important role in Austria-Hungary’s railway system. The railway system contributed to Bukovina’s status as a trade hub that exchanged goods with other districts in the empire as well as foreign partners.
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Guerrieri, Marco, and Giuseppe Parla. "Automated Railway Signs Detection. Preliminary Results." Transport and Telecommunication Journal 20, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): 12–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2019-0002.
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Abstract Nowadays safety in railways is mostly achieved by automated system technologies such as ERTMS/ETCS. Nevertheless, on local railways (suburban and regional lines) several tasks still depend on the choices and actions of a human crew. With the aim to improve safety in such type of railways, this research proposes a system for the automatic detection and recognition of railway signs by means of the digital image processing technique. First field applications, carried out on the Italian railway network, show that the proposed system is very accurate (the percentage of correctly detected railway signs is about 97%), even at high train speeds.
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Wang, Junzhe. "Analysis of the Principle and Applications of Aerodynamics of High-speed Railway." Highlights in Science, Engineering and Technology 72 (December 15, 2023): 530–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/ymwbxx75.
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With the advancement of science and technology, the railway has become an important breakthrough. Railroads can transport goods and carry people. Aerodynamics has a huge connection to the study of the high-speed railways. On this basis, the subject of this paper is the principle and application analysis of high-speed railway aerodynamics. To be specific, this study introduces the formulas and principles related to aerodynamics, and how some formulae are used in high-speed railways. The research searches for literature related to railway and aerodynamics and finds the current development status of high-speed railway. The paper explains how aerodynamics affect high-speed rail, the way to transform high-speed railways with aerodynamic knowledge. Contemporarily, there are many methods to carry out the simulation and tunnel experiments. This study also introduces some special experiments to solve special problems about high-speed railway. According to the analysis, there are still many aerodynamic problems that people need to solve, and there is room for improvement in high-speed railways.
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Michniak, Daniel. "Role of Railway Transport in Tourism: Selected Problems and Examples in Slovakia." Quaestiones Geographicae 35, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0039.
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AbstractTransport is a very important part of activities in the tourism sector. In addition to the transport of tourists to and within a destination, transport itself can be a tourist attraction. The aim of this paper is to analyse selected problems of railways in Slovakia (a decrease in the importance of railways for passenger transport in Slovakia in the past 20 years, discontinued passenger transport on certain railway tracks and the modernisation of other tracks, and zero-fare public rail transport services for certain categories of passengers), and to present good examples of the use of narrow-gauge railways for the purposes of tourism (the Tatra Electric Railways and the Kysuce-Orava Forest Railway).
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Razumova, O. Yu, and I. M. Basyrov. "Problems of recovery of lost profits in the organization of freight rail transportation." Transport Technician: Education and Practice 4, no. 2 (June 23, 2023): 174–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2687-1033.2023.2.174-183.
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The interests of clients of the railway industry and Russian Railways in matters of recovery and compensation for “lost profits” and “lost opportunities” are not considered and regulated in laws and by-laws regarding railway transportation. Claim work is based on compensation for real damage both from users of railway transport services and from the Russian Railways holding.An algorithm for the formation, submission and resolution of claims in the provision of rail transportation services is considered. The functionality of the personal account for the clients of JSC “Russian Railways” of the project “Electronic Claimant” was analyzed. The importance of developing a basic formula that takes into account the factors affecting the amount of lost profits is indicated. The existing scheme for conducting recourse work to recover losses of Russian Railways JSC is given and a scheme for conducting claim work to compensate for lost profits of Russian Railways JSC on the basis of a unified automated system of act and claim work is presented. It is proposed as a basis for further elaboration of this issue, a mechanism for rebilling in the event of final losses from a failed transportation for clients of the Russian Railways holding. The expediency of applying a possible replacement transaction when the company finds another counterparty is also considered. The application of these measures will make it possible to create equal competitive conditions in the market for all customers and the Russian Railways holding.
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Sahoo, Dipsikha. "Creating the Urban Corridors: The Role of Colonial Railways in India." Sociological Bulletin 69, no. 2 (July 1, 2020): 215–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038022920923207.
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This article argues that the pattern of urbanization in India has kept pace with the growth of railways during the British period. The colonial railways transformed India’s circulatory regime, which resulted in the emergence of social space. Towns and cities in the hinterlands of the port cities under the railways network became more urbanised. Railways, as a biggest British capitalist manoeuvre, helped in the process of industrialization and growth of trade and commerce. Some towns and cities grew up as major railway stations, terminals or junctions, divisional and zonal headquarters during the British period. The growth of railways is demonstrated in relation to the expansion in transportation of goods, passengers and employment opportunities generated. The article discerns the pattern of railway transportation and infrastructural development, which will help us to comprehend as one of the forces underlying the pattern of urbanisation in India during the British rule.
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Kwiatkowska, Ewelina. "RAMS FOR RAILWAY TURNOUTS." Transportation Overview - Przeglad Komunikacyjny 2018, no. 7 (July 1, 2018): 30–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.35117/a_eng_18_07_04.
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The Specification and Demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety is an important issue for the integration of the railway system in the European Union. Rail's analysis of railways shows the necessity to design railway lines with the safety and accessibility of railways. RAMS needs to maintain on the railway line the unsatisfactoriness and rigidity of subwoofer and the highest quality of maintenance and operation.
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Editorial, Article. "On the Ways of Development of Railway Business (1910)." World of Transport and Transportation 18, no. 3 (December 26, 2020): 225–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2020-18-225-241.
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110 years ago, the professional railway community conducted sharp discussion on the ratio of commercial and state interests in domestic railway activity. There were attempts to use that criterion to classify the existed railways by directions and main business purposes. The discussion also referred to the aspects of monopolism and competition, strict government control over the costs of rail construction, distribution of dividends or their investment in future development, fair tariffs. The problem of, in modern terms, connectivity of territory touched upon the choice between enhancing transit capacity of main railroads and constructing of new less important railways in the regions where they have not been built yet. Quite particular topic referred to the need to pay more attention to training of economic skills of employees as to condition of successful commercial activity of railways. It concerned training of technical employees in railway vocational schools, and of the future executives in higher schools, provided that «in the nurseries of railway engineers who provide a contingent of heads of railways, students are given complete economic preparation for their future activities».
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Krämer, Ludwig. "eu Policy and Law Regarding Railways and the Environment." Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law 13, no. 1 (April 18, 2016): 30–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18760104-01301003.
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For decades, railway issues were considered, in Europe, as being almost entirely in the responsibility of the Member States. This history is even reflected in the present eu approach on railway issues which has, as one of its political priorities, the objective to ensure the interoperability of national legal and technical standards all over the eu. The development of trans-European transport networks, the upcoming of high-speed transboundary trains and the internationalisation of railway freight transport which are of relative recent date, all contribute to the greater awareness of railway impacts on the environment. Policies can no longer promote railways with the argument that rail is the most environment-friendly means of transport, but are more and more obliged to take into consideration, during the planning and operation of railways, local, provincial and regional environmental concerns. The contribution passes in review the most relevant environmental concerns with regard to railways. After a short description of the regulatory frame, the different environmental aspects of railways – land use, nature conservation, noise, water, air pollution, and waste management – are discussed. Some concluding remarks follow.
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Pavletits, Peter. "Exploitation of Narrow-Gauge Railways for Tourism in the South Transdanubian Region." Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies 22, no. 1 (December 1, 2022): 106–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2022-0012.
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Abstract Since the 1980s, almost all of the Hungarian narrow-gauge railway lines underwent a complete change of function. About 120-140 years ago, narrow-gauge railways were created mainly for economic purposes. Nowadays, with a few exceptions, freight operation is completely eliminated and replaced by tourism. In my study, I deal with two questions: on the one hand, I will examine the place of the existing narrow-gauge railways in the tourism system. In this context, I will present the tourism potential of narrow-gauge railways. These include, for example, the availability of narrow-gauge railways, their inclusion in the wider tourism system, the material conditions of the basic infrastructure of narrow-gauge railways, etc. On the other hand, by presenting four railway lines from South Transdanubia, I will examine how well the opportunities offered by tourism have been exploited at the local level, what the impact of narrow-gauge railways is on tourism, and what the tourism-related significance of these lines is at all. Based on my analysis, it can be concluded that the narrow-gauge railway sector is developing within the tourism system, and compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021), investments, technical developments, and attendance have also increased. It is also clear from the South Transdanubian cases that the narrow-gauge railway system is becoming more and more important especially where it can be connected to other tourist attractions (natural parks, forest schools, etc. ), which is also evident in the attendance indicators.
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CHARKINA, T., and A. HRYHORENKO. "TRANSFORMATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT: WORLD EXPERIENCE AND ITS ADAPTATION TO MODERN CONDITIONS IN UKRAINE." REVIEW OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, no. 10(26) (March 31, 2024): 150–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.15802/rtem2023/300532.
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Objective. To enhance the competitiveness of railway passenger transportation in Ukraine, it is necessary to explore the experience of structural transformations in passenger enterprises of foreign railways, analyze the current state of the domestic railway passenger transportation management system, and propose an effective organizational structure for the passenger complex of Ukrainian Railways PJSC in modern conditions. Methodology. To achieve the stated objective, methods of analogy, modeling, comparative, and retrospective analysis were applied. Results. The world experience of interaction between organizational units of railway passenger complexes has been considered. An analysis has been conducted, and problems in the interaction of departments in the existing railway passenger transportation management system have been identified. A management structure for the passenger complex of Ukrainian Railways PJSC has been proposed, which will help optimize its operation and contribute to the increased efficiency of railway passenger transportation in Ukraine. Scientific novelty. The stages of transformation of the management structure of the passenger complex after the formation of Ukrainian Railways PJSC have been generalized. The passenger complex is considered as a single system: based on the visualization of the distribution of work with trains of different categories, problems of delineation of responsibility zones between the departments of the passenger complex have been identified. A model of an improved organizational structure for managing the passenger complex of railway transport has been developed in accordance with modern conditions. Practical significance. The proposed measures can be applied by Ukrainian Railways PJSC to improve the organizational structure of the passenger complex in the process of transitioning to a vertically integrated management model.
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Chen, Weiya, Yongzhuo Yu, Xiaoping Fang, Ziyue Yuan, and Shiying Tong. "Using Mixed Methods to Identify Evaluation Indicators for Green Railway Transportation Operations in China." Sustainability 15, no. 24 (December 18, 2023): 16957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152416957.
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The transition of China’s railways from aggressive expansion to sustainable development has sparked widespread discussions on green railways. Previous studies have primarily focused on the fundamental aspects of green rail design and construction. However, the green operation phase, one of the most critical stages in the entire lifecycle of railways, has been overlooked. This study used a mixed-method approach, combining systematic review and qualitative analysis, to identify significant environmental, economic, and social evaluation indicators for green railway transportation operations. Through an examination of 123 articles and interviews with four professors in academia, two Planning and Design Institute technicians, one government staff, and one railway practitioner, this study identified 17 key indicators associated with green operations in railways. The results showed that previous studies in the environmental aspect primarily focused on noise pollution, water pollution, solid waste, ecological conservation, and the use of construction materials. In the social part, the main concern is social equality. Green railway operations have the potential to impact social equity through the movement of people and goods, which makes accessibility a preferable evaluation measure. Regarding economic indicators, the influencing factors are more complex (such as regional GDP per capita), making it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of green railway operations directly. We suggest the inclusion of more economic-related indicators that directly correlate with green operations in railways.
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Semenov, Mikhail. "Medical service of railways during the Great Patriotic War." OOO "Zhurnal "Voprosy Istorii" 2023, no. 9-2 (September 1, 2023): 32–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.31166/voprosyistorii202309statyi48.
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Based on statistical data, the analysis of the dynamics of the development of the medical network of the Transport Medical and Sanitary Administration of the People's Commissariat of Railways during the Great Patriotic War was carried out. Summary data on the scale of patient care in outpatient and inpatient medical institutions of the People's Commissariat of Railways are presented. The relatively high-quality level of departmental healthcare of railways is indicated. Sanitary and anti-epidemic activities on the railway are highlighted. The conclusion is made about the significant contribution of railway healthcare to the preservation of life and health of the population.
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Li, Yuanhui, and Check-Teck Foo. "Towards sustainability in the high-speed railway industry: modeling of cases from China." Chinese Management Studies 8, no. 4 (October 28, 2014): 624–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-09-2014-0175.
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Purpose – This paper aims to document and to illustrate highly usable research: a practical framework for realizing the sustainable operations of the high investment, technology-intensive high-speed railways in China. Also, for the first time, we draw a broad, metaphorical relationship between railways within a country to Chinese meridian lines within a human body. These are similar in enabling flows across the country and human body. Design/methodology/approach – Employing Chinese case studies, we attempt to apply methodological procedures involving operational, financial and developmental in realizing the sustainability of high-speed railways. Critical criteria are emphasized for efficiency, financial viability and long-term funding sustained development of high-speed railways in the Chinese context. Policymakers may utilize the illustrative framework in working toward specific recommendations that may be implementable. Findings – Three critical aspects to sustainability are operational, financial solvency and developmental. Our empirical investigations result in the working out of the procedural aspects as well. Based on this three-way classification, we design an evaluative framework for realizing sustainability of high-speed railways. Our insights are based on the social reality of China. Thus, we argue that cash handouts by government are necessary solutions, given the intensive capital investments required of high-speed railways for strongly positive externalities generated. On developmental aspects of sustainability, there should be rational, in-depth studies conducted so as to lead to rational choices of sites. Strong passenger flows coupled with affordability of fares are the twin guarantees of continuing, profitable performances. Practical implications – This work on sustainability is globally, most highly significant for two reasons. First, railway is one fundamental mean of transportation within China. Thus, the sustainability of railway matters to a majority of the 1.3 billion people. Second, transport volume of China’s railway is the world’s largest. By developing such a comprehensive methodology, we hope to enhance how top management of Chinese Railways may keep the high-speed railways sustainable into the future. Social implications – This paper is socially highly significant, especially in the context of what has happened in recent years in China’s railway industry, and may contribute by providing both the regulators and management with an objective methodology in future projects assessment within high-speed railway. Originality/value – This paper develops an overall framework for enabling management to realize sustainability of high-speed railway within China. The ideas, concepts and methodologies are likely beneficial to top management, regulators and policymakers within the railway transportation, a state monopoly.
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Branković, Nedžad, Aida Kalem, and Adisa Medić. "Development of mobile communication systems for high-speed railway." Science, Engineering and Technology 1, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 29–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.54327/set2021/v1.i1.2.
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Development of high-speed railways set up challenges for new communication technologies. With the increase in speed, new requirements for communication systems have emerged that HSR requires greater reliability, capacity and shorter response time for efficient and safe operations. Mobile communication systems are crucial for the competitiveness of the railway industry and therefore have become one of the priorities addressed by the participants in the railway system to take advantage of technological opportunities to improve operational processes and the quality of provided transport services. The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) uses the Global System for Mobile Communications for Railways (GSM-R) for voice and data communication to communicate between trains and control centers. The International Railway Union is exploring new ways of communicating for high-speed railways because as speed increases this system becomes unreliable in information transmission. This paperwork presents an analysis of the evolution of communications on European railways since the usage of GSM-R. In addition, an overview of the various alternative solutions proposed during the time (LTE-R, Future Railway Mobile Communication System) as possible successors to GSM-R technology is given.
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Su, Qian, Wei Jiang, Xiao Xi Zhang, Yu Jie Li, and Ling Ling Yang. "An Overview of Foreign Matter Invasion Systems for High Speed Railways." Applied Mechanics and Materials 365-366 (August 2013): 468–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.365-366.468.
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foreign matter invasion is a disastrous hazard regarding the safety and stability of high speed railway. Considering the fact that foreign matter invasion forecast is not matured yet,development of foreign matter invasion warning system is a very important countermeasure for foreign matter invasion disaster mitigation. Basic principles of the foreign matter invasion warning system and its application to railways are presented. The state-of-the-art of the foreign matter invasion warning systems for high speed railways around the world is introduced. Main points in development of the foreign matter invasion warning system for high speed railways are discussed, including layout of monitoring stations and monitoring means selection, with particular attention paid to railway safety operations. The present review is expected to be of significance to the development of the early warning system for high-speed railways in China.
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Kotova, E. A. "Directions of innovative development of railway transport." Transportation systems and technology 2, no. 3 (September 15, 2016): 36–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/transsyst20162336-46.
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Introduction. The reform of railway transport radically changes forms and methods of business process management. This reform of JSC "Russian Railways" affects all levels of management and all types of activity. The key method of reform realization is competition development in the sector of railway transportation. Purpose. The purpose of the article is to identify possibilities of railway transport competitive advantages development as a result of strategic innovations conception applying. In the paper are considered: features of railway transport innovative development; strategic innovations conception as a base of corporation growth and decline of competition level as a result of new business models; directions and volume of financing of innovative process in JSC "Russian Railways"; technological providing of company’s innovative strategy realization. Methodology. For achievement of the research purpose general scientific methods were applied, such as: system approach, analysis and synthesis, comparison. Results. In the article main directions of railway transport development according to innovative strategy of JSC "Russian Railways" are considered. The alternative way is realization of strategic innovations conception. Practical importance. Strategic innovations conception which described in the article may be used in JSC "Russian Railways" when changing of strategic aims and priorities of company development. Conclusion. In the conditions of modern market enterprises and companies have to search new management forms and methods to provide their competitive advantages. Railway transport dev elopement strategy supposes rolling stock updating, rising of transportation services quality, efficiency and safety, building of new railway lines and transport infrastructure modernization. For JSC "Russian Railways" in this context the main perspectives are development of human resources potential, assing to innovative development. Strategic innovations conception is one of the ways of company’s competitivenessand efficiency increasing, having a perspective of practical application.
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Ozkan, Turgut, Gozde Yanginlar, and Salih Kalayci. "Railway Transport Liberalization: A Case Study of Various Countries in the World." Journal of Management and Sustainability 6, no. 4 (November 30, 2016): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v6n4p140.
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<p>Today, the processes of restructuring the railway sector and the liberalization of the railway market change significantly. Vertical separation between infrastructure railway transportation service provision and train operations is a significant key element in the railway liberalization. This paper focuses on a research into railway regulation and liberalization in 30 countries. The aim of this paper is to give a comparative overview of the regulation of railways and analyses the process of the liberalization and restructuring of railways in the 30 countries. We test this theoretical prediction using a data base that contains investment in transport with private participation, transport services information from World Bank. Our final results are valid for the period 1980-2014. Overall, the analyses showed statistically significant interaction effects between railways transportation and transport services and investment in transport with private participation. This study presents new insights in theory, paving the way for further research.</p>
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Vibhakar, Dhaval, Suraj Jha, Aditya Kamble, and Saurabh Suman. "Integrated CCTV Surveillance System for Public Transportation." International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology 10, no. 3 (February 28, 2021): 30–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijeat.c2157.0210321.
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The urban center residential district Railway is one in every of the busiest railway stations in Bharat and carries over seven.5 million commuters daily. The railways spreads over 123.78 km (76.91 mi).The Railways encompass thirty-nine stations. Trains typically begin from and terminate at necessary stations. in line with a survey ,the total stats given by the RPF(Railway Police Force) & GRP(GOVERNMENT RAILWAY POLICE), 2,700 railway commuters killed, over 1,400 whereas crossing tracks up until last and this variety has been increasing daily. This is creating railways a dangerous possibility for travel and transportation. The video closed-circuit television used is irving to be not useful and not updated. To overcome this drawback we tend to area unit creating associate integrated video closed-circuit television for detection of crimes and missed objects and explains during this paper.We area unit exploitation high resolution cameras which might focus and might be simply accustomed establish someone and can also be helpful in dark.
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Jerczyński, Michał. "Czas kolejowy." Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, no. 3 (2021): 61–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/0023589xkhnt.21.019.14180.
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Railway Time The inventions of the electromagnetic telegraph and the railroads significantly accelerated communication in time and space. It greatly influenced the way time was expressed and forced a change of centuries-old patterns and habits. It became necessary to gradually move away from local times (the average solar times of individual places) to the uniform time in the scale of entire countries, and then to the zone time. This process began in the 1830s on the railway and a few years later in the telegraph service, developing in parallel and in conjunction with the railroads. Initially, individual railway authorities adopted the same railway time on their networks (usually the capital time of a given country or the directorate’s headquarters). From 1884 until the first decade of the 20th century, culminating in the early 1990s, they gradually switched to zone time. Its introduction improved the work of railways, increased traffic safety, and made it easier for passengers to find their way around train timetables. Almost in parallel, since the mid-1860s, the process of switching from a twelve-hour count to a 24-hour count of time on the railways took place. In the rich literature devoted to time in its various aspects, few studies focus on the issues of organizing the measurement and expression of time on railways, and there are virtually no studies relating to railways in the present-day Polish lands which at the time operated under three different state authorities. The work aims to collect and systematize the facts that contributed to the process of introducing the 24-hour zone time on Central European railways and to present this process in the context of the world railways.
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Joyce, Heather. "“Behind the backs of houses”." Transfers 4, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 49–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/trans.2014.040205.
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Railways in John Betjeman's and Philip Larkin's poems of the 1950s and 1960s function as provocative signifiers that interrogate and encourage definition of what constitutes the modern English landscape. Through their works, which recognize how railways have been held to register the cultural health of the nation from their inception, it becomes clear that the panoramic perception that railways make possible aptly represents the self-conscious cultural gaze filtered through crisis that critics argue prevails in the postwar context. Betjeman's and Larkin's speakers reveal the capacity for railway travel to disrupt the settled vision of nationhood at the heart of heritage-based Englishness; at the same time, railways – and they themselves – are not outside of this discourse. For Betjeman and, to a greater extent, Larkin, it is the possibility of double return embodied by the railway system that perhaps proffers a desirable mode of inhabiting the modern English nation.
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Qiu, Hanxuan. "The Influence of Railways on Urban Development Based on a Resource-Based View." Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences 27, no. 1 (November 10, 2023): 57–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2754-1169/27/20231212.
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As the product of the first Industrial Revolution, the railway has been in existence for a long time and has made an indelible contribution to the urban development of mankind. However, the railways status is declining in some countries, greatly affected by the development of aviation and road technology. In the academia, there is also a lack of analysis of the urban railway. In order to explore the railways status in urban sites and extend the literature of the resource-based view (RBV), this paper will discuss the railways impact especially on the urban sites based on RBV. We choose the city Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China, as a case study. Then we compare the data before and after the building of the railway. The comparison is based on the triple bottom line (TBL) principle, which means using three different aspects to show the changes. In the end, we reveal the importance of railway resources and the concrete impact of building a railway on various sites. We also propose some suggestions for building a new railway.
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Article, Editorial. "NORTHERN LATITUDINAL RAILWAY." World of Transport and Transportation 15, no. 2 (April 28, 2017): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2017-15-2-29.
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[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Russian Railways and Pubic Joint Stock Company Gazprom have signed on 30 March 2017 an agreement on the joint implementation of an investment project to construct the Northern Latitudinal Railway (NLR) Obskaya- Salekhard- Nadym- Pangody- Novy Urengoy- Korotchaevo and its railway approaches. Based on releases of press service of JSC Russian Railways
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Bureika, Gintautas, Eduardas Gaidamauskas, Jonas Kupinas, Marijonas Bogdevičius, and Stasys Steišūnas. "MODELLING THE ASSESSMENT OF TRAFFIC RISK AT LEVEL CROSSINGS OF LITHUANIAN RAILWAYS." Transport 32, no. 3 (October 24, 2016): 282–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2016.1244114.
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The article discusses the problem of railway safety management and the criteria for evaluating the traffic risk described in various scientific publications. The research aims to assess the risk posed to railway infrastructure objects and to create a model for safety risk evaluation. The research on the traffic safety risk with respect to the infrastructure of the rail transport system was divided into three stages. The Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) model can be used for investigating the problem of managing railway traffic safety risks in the Lithuanian railways. The main threats to railway infrastructure objects are defined, and the catalogue of technical parameters of level crossings of the Lithuanian railways is presented. The maximum allowable train speed, the intensity of railway and road traffic, as well as the size (width) and visibility of level crossings from the train driver’s cab are chosen as the main criteria for evaluating the vulnerability of a level crossing. The logistic regression method has been applied to rank and assess the safety of level crossings of the Lithuanian railways. The validity of the model developed in the present work for assessing traffic safety risks at level crossings of Lithuanian railways is about 86%. The suggested risk evaluation model is flexible and can be easily adapted for the evaluation and monitoring of safety risk of other elements pertaining to railway infrastructure. Finally, the basic conclusions and recommendations are provided.
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Editorial, Article. "Twenty-Five Years of Engineering and Scientific Activity of Nikolai A. Belelyubsky (report by A. N. Gorchakov in the Imperial Russian Technical Society in 1892)." World of Transport and Transportation 21, no. 4 (January 20, 2024): 133–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.30932/1992-3252-2023-21-4-15.
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Archival publicationsA reproduced report in the Imperial Russian Technical Society was first published in the Railway Business [Zheleznodorozhnoe delo] journal in 1892. It is dedicated to the activities of Nikolai. A. Belelyubsky, a well-known bridge engineer who made a significant contribution to the development of transport engineering in Russia, and whose biography can excellently help to trace the evolution of Russian railway bridge construction in the 19th century.The author of the report was Andrei N. Gorchakov (1836–1914), who held the positions of head of the military road department of the field administration of military logistics of the acting army, engineer of the Ministry of Railways, was a member of the board of state railways, managed private railways, and was director of the ministerial railway department.The author’s punctuation and vocabulary are preserved as much as possible in the text.
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Ito, Hiroki. "The Solution to Safety Crisis in Railways after Privatisation." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n4p13.
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Privatisation of infrastructure is expected to improve the effectiveness of operation, whereas it is possible to cause excessive rationalization. Especially in the field of railways, excessive rationalization causes fewer investments in the maintenance of assets and undermines safety. Railways play a critical role to develop the economy in a sustainable way and have a significant impact in the region, but their safety must be prioritised. In fact, the UK government privatised British Rail and founded Railtrack, which was specialised in the railway track maintenance, but the Hatfield accident raised awareness for safety and led to the renationalising Railtrack into Network Rail. Likewise, in Japan, National Railways was privatised and divided into separate companies (JR), but among them JR Hokkaido has been causing a large number of accidents and troubles. Based on the review of the process and outcomes of the privatisation of railways in the UK and Japan, this paper discusses the way to improve their safety sustainably. In conclusion, it validates the intervention of governments in railway companies suffering from poor financial health.
Keywords: Privatisation, Railways, Safety, British Rail, Railtrack, Network Rail, Governmental intervention
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Strelko, Oleh, Yuliia Berdnychenko, and Oleh Pylypchuk. "Creation and Operation of Main Railways in Bukovina." Supplement 9, no. 1 (July 24, 2021): 26–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.37710/plural.v9i1s_3.
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This study aims to review the socio-political and economic preconditions of creation and beginning of operation of main railways in Bukovina. The analysis of scientific and memoir literature, recollections, review of archival sources allowed establishing the fact that the problem of formation and beginning of operation of the network of railways in Bukovina of the Austro-Hungarian period was not a subject of systematic and integral investigation. It was shown that the idea of building railways in Bukovina was also in the political and socio-economic interests of Austria in the south-eastern region of Europe because by laying railways, the imperial government provided itself with a favourable strategic position in the region. Based on the results of the study, it was established that with the construction of the Lviv-Chernivtsi-Iași railway, railway communications came to first place in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in terms of material, technical, defense and economic potential.
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Aleksenko, Maya, Anatoly Popov, and Olga Malakhovа. "Railway education in Orenburg region: origins and prospects." OOO "Zhurnal "Voprosy Istorii" 2023, no. 1-1 (January 1, 2023): 108–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.31166/voprosyistorii202301statyi30.
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2021 and 2022 are anniversary years for railway educational institutions of the Orenburg region. The Orenburg Technical School of Railway Transport, created in response to the socio-cultural and professional order of society and the state in 1921, has become strategically important in the training of professional railway personnel in the region. Orenburg Institute of Railways is a branch of Samara State University of Railways, celebrated the 65th anniversary in 2022, has become a forge of personnel specialists with higher technical education for the enterprises of the railway sector of the region and the country as a whole.
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Gumus, K. A., and V. E. Gulal. "A COMPARATIVE EARTHWORK AND COST ANALYSIS OF IMPROVING AN EXISTING RAILWAY LINE AND CONSTRUCTING A NEW HIGH-SPEED LINE IN TURKEY." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W1 (October 26, 2016): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w1-13-2016.
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In the past few decades, high-speed railways have become an important transportation system due to their high operational speed, and globally, the networks of these railways have been extended. In addition, there is ongoing work on the construction of new high-speed railways as well as improving existing lines to achieve the same operational speed. To contribute to high-speed railway works in Turkey, this study compared two high-speed railway lines; an existing conventional line, the design of which was improved, and a new high-speed line. The design of an existing conventional railway line was improved according to optimal geometric characteristics of high-speed railways and an alternative line was simulated. These two lines were evaluated on three different types of land in terms of the required volume of earthworks, engineering structures and total cost. The results show that the length of the conventional line was reduced after the improvement process; however, new engineering structures are needed. Furthermore, compared to the alternative line, the track length and total length of engineering structures required for the improvement of the existing line was shorter and the volume of required earthworks was less resulting in lower costs.
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Zakharov, V. B., and E. Komarov. "Railways of India. Time to update and upgrade." BRIСS Transport 2, no. 3 (October 25, 2023): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.46684/2023.3.3.
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By the second decade of the XXI century, the railway transport of India came up with an important result — the Program announced on April 1, 1992, called Unigauge for the transfer of the railway network to a single gauge of 1676 mm was basically completed. In 2022, the operational length of wide-gauge roads on the Indian railway network was 65,094 km, or 95.7 % of its entire length. This opened up the possibility of creating a modern unified railway transport system and organizing its optimal interaction with other modes of transport.The management of the railway transport of India, represented by the Ministry of Railways, has focused efforts on the modernization of all components of the large railway economy — strengthening track structures, upgrading bridge facilities, introducing modern means of ensuring train traffic and transportation safety, updating rolling stock. The basis for improving the work of railway transport is the electrification of railways, the completion of which is planned in the next decade.All decisions taken to modernize railways are aimed at reducing operating costs, improving efficiency, environmental cleanliness, comfort and speed of passenger travel, reducing the delivery time of goods, as well as improving the safety of transportation by rail.
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Jiang, Liqiang, and Yi Hu. "Education Researching on Safety of High-Speed Railway Trains Under Earthquakes." Journal of Advanced Research in Education 2, no. 5 (September 2023): 88–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.56397/jare.2023.09.10.
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Currently, people lack understanding of the methods and measures for earthquake resistance and disaster reduction in railways when faced with earthquake disasters, especially for a systemic education view. With the advancement of construction technology and science and technology, the safety of railways under earthquake effects has been further ensured. Based on the safety of railways under earthquake effects, this paper aims to introduce the safety prevention of high-speed railway trains on the view of education.
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Borzunova, Tatiana I., and Galina F. Morozova. "POPULATION AND TRANSPORT IN RUSSIA: THEIR MUTUAL INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT." Scientific Review. Series 1. Economics and Law, no. 6 (2020): 102–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26653/2076-4650-2020-6-08.
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The problem of the study. The article is devoted to the problems of the development of railway and road transport in Russia and their influence on the formation of the population of Russia in 2009-2018. First of all, territories are considered, depending on the intensity of migration and natural population growth, which are included in groups with different density of railways for 2018. Purpose of research. The key goal of the proposed study is to study and identify, on the basis of statistical data, the influence of the density of railway transport on migration processes and indicators of the natural movement of the population. Methodology and methods. The analysis was carried out in groups that unite territories with different density of railways and highways. And also by groups with different intensity of migration and natural population growth. Research results. The results of the study made it possible to establish: the development of the railway network in 2009-2018 was not active. During the period under review, the density of railways increased only in 16 territories of the country. In 53 territories, the situation with railways has not changed. A diametrically opposite situation has developed with the density of highways. That is, the development proceeded due to the increase in paved roads. Scientific novelty. As a result of the study, based on statistical data, it was revealed that most of the territories with a positive migration increase are included in the group with the highest density of railways. And most of the territories with positive natural growth are included in the group with low density of railways.