Railway Infrastructure

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	227-0403/01
Abbreviation	DrIn
Course title	Railway Infrastructure
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

- Introduction to the subject (history, rolling stock, traction ..)
- Tracks and equipment, basic structural elements of railway track
- Switches and turnout structures
- Safety of railway transport, external safety equipment and construction solutions
- Railway crossing, crossing with drain hole etc.
- Railway infrastructure for urban transport
- Railway yard industrial plants (purpose, location, amenities, ..)
- Substructure (railway construction. Substructure, drainage ...)
- Railway station (types, purpose, equipment)
- Rail infrastructure and personal storage stations
- Infrastructure sorting station, the main sorting station Hills, engineering and construction equipment humps, automation
- Constructions of railway equipment (platforms, underpasses, overpasses, bridges, station buildings, the, warehouse, dump ...)
- Railway nodes (history, purpose, location, equipment)
- Railway system in EU, increasing speed on railway lines, railway modernization in Czech Republic

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270403 Railway Infrastructure

Povinná literatura

- ESVELD, Coenraad. Modern railway track. 2nd ed. Zaltbommel: MRT Productions, c2001. ISBN 90-800324-3-3.
- TZANAKAKIS, Konstantinos. The railway track and its long term behaviour: a handbook for a railway track of high quality. Berlin: Springer, c2013. ISBN 978-3-642-36050-3.
- Practical Guide To Railway Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), 2003.

Doporučená literatura

- EN 15273-1 Railway applications – Gauges – Part 1: General – Common rules for infrastructure and rolling stock.
- EN 13848-6 Railway applications - Track — Track geometry quality — Part 6: Characterisation of track geometry quality.

zpět na vyhledávání