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Main Title Railroads : freight and passenger systems. Volume 1.
Publisher Transportation Research Board,
Year Published 2015
OCLC Number 929464577
ISBN 9780309369169; 0309369169
Subjects Railroads--Freight--Rates ; Railroad trains--Loads--Rates ; Railroad passenger cars--Rates--Loads ; Freight and freightage--Classification ; Weight in motion systems--Loads ; High speed rail ; Passenger transportation ; Railroad yards
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ELCM  TE7.H5 no.2475 NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI 11/30/2015
Collation vii, 101 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"Journal of the Transportation Research Board." "A peer-reviewed publication." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
This issue contains 12 papers concerned with freight and passenger system aspects of railroads. Specific topics addressed include: global high-speed rail experience; high-speed rail lines and market competition; high-speed rail and urban decentralization; the financial relationship between railway industry players in shared railway systems; high-speed rail revenue management; and life-cycle cost, system reliability, and service reliability in passenger rail system design. Additional topics include energy efficiency of passenger rail systems; passenger train capacity and level of service; sequencing and scheduling in railway classification yards; online rail freight exchange; optimization of shunting yard operations; and capacity issues of single-track railway lines with short sidings.