Rail Transport in Towns

Rail Transport in Towns
227-0216/01
čeština

Summary

To ensure transportation needs in large cities use different rail transport systems. Subject Rail transport in the cities deals with the use of railway facilities for public transport. The content of teaching is the historical development of unconventional and rail transport, building the technical characteristics of transport (elements of the track and related objects), principles of design and construction of track and facilities tramway traffic, urban high-speed, metro, suburban railway building, unconventional transport (Maglev etc.. ).

Literature

C.Esvelt : Modern Railway Track, MRT Productions 2001
Practical Guide To Railway Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA)
The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour (A Handbook for a Railway Track of High Quality), Konstantinos Tzanakakis, 2013.

Advised literature

Standards:
EN 15273-1:2013 - Railway applications – Gauges – Part 1: General – Common rules for infrastructure and rolling stock
EN 13848-6:2013 - Railway applications - Track — Track geometry quality — Part 6: Characterisation of track geometry quality
EN ISO 3095:2013 - Railway applications – Acoustics – Measurement of noise emitted by railbound vehicles
EN 16272-3-2:2012 - Railway applications — Track — Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation — Test method for determining the acoustic performance — Part 3-2: Normalized railway noise spectrum and single number ratings for direct field applications
EN 16272-6:2014 - Railway applications — Track — Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation — Test method for determining the acoustic performance — Part 6: Intrinsic characteristics — In situ values of airborne sound insulation under direct sound field conditions

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Language of instruction	čeština
Code	227-0216
Abbreviation	KDM
Course title	Rail Transport in Towns
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	Ing. Leopold Hudeček, Ph.D.