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Sustainable Rail Transport 4

Innovate Rail Research and Education

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Editors:
  1. Marin Marinov

    1. Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Janene Piip

    1. JP Research and Consulting, Port Lincoln, Australia

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  • Covers economic, operational, and technological aspects of sustainable rail transport
  • Presents innovative solutions for energy saving, noise reduction and digitalization
  • Reviews the potential of hyperloop as a future transport mod

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mobility (LNMOB)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Energy and Emissions Saving in Urban Guided Transport Systems: Effectiveness and Assessment of Hydrogen-Based Solutions

    • Matt Davoudizavareh, Stefano Ricci
    Pages 1-17

  3. Rail Station Boarding Systems for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRMs)

    • Emmanuel Matsika, Ning Guo
    Pages 19-49

  4. Measuring the Impacts on the Economic Growth of Various Countries Using Key Performance Indictors—A Quantitative Approach Including Logistics Performance, Infrastructure, Rail Network and Volume of Goods Carried

    • Charles Lopes Ribeiro, João Paulo Albuquerque Kalil, Philipe Augusto de Paula Pacheco, Débora Magalhães Kirchmair, Marin Marinov
    Pages 51-64

  5. Safety and Delays at Level Crossings in the United States: Addressing the Need for Multi-Objective Resource Allocation

    • Junayed Pasha, Maxim A. Dulebenets, Prashant Singh, Ren Moses, John Sobanjo, Eren E. Ozguven
    Pages 65-94

  6. Study of Sustainable Transport Enhancements Through Analysing Utilisation Levels of Rail Lines with Enhanced Passenger and Freight Services: A Case Study on a Local Rail Line Through Simulation Modelling and Scenarios

    • Joel Crannis, Jeremy Lee, Marin Marinov
    Pages 95-119

  7. Analysis and Characterization of Noise Generated in Heavy-Haul Railways in Brazil

    • Thiago Antonio Fiorentin, Yesid Asaff, Laura Dacoreggio Volpato Braz
    Pages 121-142

  8. Solving Some of the Issues of Luggage Storing on Passenger Trains

    • Zhiyuan Zeng, Marin Marinov, Bernhard Rüger
    Pages 143-160

  9. The Potential of Kazakh Rail Transport Mode as a Competitive Transit Route Between Europe and China

    • Dewan Md. Zahurul Islam, Alima Bissenbayeva, Thomas H. Zunder
    Pages 161-185

  10. Evaluating Russia’s Railway Infrastructure—Geography, Demography and Kremlinology

    • Emily Ferris
    Pages 187-209

  11. Development of Sustainable Transport Corridors the Scandria-Case

    • Lisa Hartmann, Martin Jung, Philip Michalk, Sorin Sima
    Pages 211-225

  12. The Effects of Sustainability-Driven Policies on Transport CO2 Production: High-Speed Rail Transportation as an Alternative to Passenger Air Transport

    • Alessio Tardivo, Armando Carrillo Zanuy
    Pages 227-268

  13. Competition on the Domestic Rail Passenger Transport Market Under Public Service Obligation in Some Selected European Countries and Slovak Republic

    • Anna Dolinayova, Lenka Cerna, Igor Domeny
    Pages 269-323

  14. Challenges of Dangerous Goods Transport by Rail in Thailand

    • Mayurachat Watcharejyothin, Koji Nishimura, Marin Marinov
    Pages 325-339

  15. The Hyperloop Concept Development, Possible Applications and Critical Analysis

    • Frank Michelberger, Matthias Plavec, Kevin Pyrek, Philipp Graf
    Pages 341-367
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About this book

This book offers a timely collection of articles on innovative research and developments in the vast field of rail transport, including rail operations, management, economics, vehicles interior design and sustainable infrastructure. It addresses academics and professionals specializing in railway transport analysis, innovation, systems design and new technology. Continuing on the tradition of the previous volumes, the book reports on innovative solutions for energy saving, noise reduction and baggage handling. It elaborates on the implementation of digital technologies and discusses sustainable rail operations along transport corridors. The concept of hyperloop is also discussed as a possible transport mode of the future. All the contributions were selected through an internal competition and a double-blinded peer review process organized by the RailUniNet members 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    Marin Marinov

  • JP Research and Consulting, Port Lincoln, Australia

    Janene Piip

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainable Rail Transport 4

  • Book Subtitle: Innovate Rail Research and Education

  • Editors: Marin Marinov, Janene Piip

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mobility

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82095-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82094-7Published: 17 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82097-8Published: 18 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82095-4Published: 16 December 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2196-5544

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-5552

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XII, 367

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Engineering Acoustics

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