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RECORD NUMBER: 1538 OF 2253Main Title | Railroads : freight and passenger systems. Volume 1. | |||||||||||
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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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Collation | vii, 101 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "Journal of the Transportation Research Board." "A peer-reviewed publication." Includes bibliographical references. |
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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. |