Sustainable Rail Transport

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. A Check-in and Bag Drop Service On-board Light Rail Vehicles for Passengers Travelling to the Airport

   • Jonathan Toal, Marin Marinov

   Pages 1-82

3. Quality Assessment of Regional Railway Passenger Transport

   • Borna Abramović, Denis Šipuš

   Pages 83-96

4. The Possibilities of Increasing the Economic Efficiency of Regional Rail Passenger Transport—A Case Study in Slovakia

   • Anna Dolinayova, Lenka Cerna

   Pages 97-127

5. Sustainable Railway Solutions Using Goal Programming

   • Pedro Henrique Del Caro Daher, Diogo Furtado de Moura, Gregório Coelho de Morais Neto, Marta Monteiro da Costa Cruz, Patrícia Alcântara Cardoso

   Pages 129-157

6. Parallel Genetic Algorithm and High Performance Computing to Solve the Intercity Railway Alignment Optimization Problem

   • Cassiano A. Isler, João A. Widmer

   Pages 159-186

7. The Use of Public Railway Transportation Network for Urban Intermodal Logistics in Congested City Centres

   • Lino G. Marujo, Edgar E. Blanco, Daniel Oliveira Mota, João Marcelo Leal Gomes Leite

   Pages 187-207

8. Simulation of Fire Dynamics and Firefighting System for a Full-Scale Passenger Rolling Stock

   • Ramy E. Shaltout, Mohamed A. Ismail

   Pages 209-228

9. Novel Energy Harvesting Solutions for Powering Trackside Electronic Equipment

   • Cristian Ulianov, Zdeněk Hadaš, Paul Hyde, Jan Smilek

   Pages 229-255

10. High-Speed Overnight Trains—Potential Opportunities and Customer Requirements

    • Bernhard Rüger, Peter Matausch

    Pages 257-273

11. The Next Generation of Rail Talent: What Are They Looking for in a Career?

    • Janene Piip

    Pages 275-290

12. Professional Rail Freight and Logistics Training Programme: A Case Study of Energy and Petrochemical Company in Bangkok, Thailand

    • Kaushik Mysore, Mayurachat Watcharejyothin, Marin Marinov

    Pages 291-304

13. Back Matter

    Pages 305-310

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This volume presents a collection of rail orientated research articles, covering a variety of topics on rail operations research and management of rail systems as well as innovation, particularly focusing on sustainability aspects. The material consists of the most recent research work of the authors. The authorship is international, which makes it an interesting read for rail academics and professionals around the world. Although the material has a rail research focus the material is also excellent for preparation and delivery of rail, transport and logistics orientated courses and programmes. The target audience primarily comprises research experts in transport research, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students alike.

• Railway design problems
• Passenger transport
• Efficient railway networks
• Rail management
• Urban rail transit

• Engg Systems & Mgmt ESM, Main Building, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

  Marin Marinov

• JP Research & Consulting, Port Lincoln SA, Australia

  Janene Piip

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