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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"freight railway"”.
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Meteorological risk assessment of Canadian transcontinental freight railway: Case study of Saskatchewan and Ontario
Railway transportation is the heart of the supply chain in Canada. The reason is that railway transportation is known as one of the most reliable and safest modes of transportation. However, due to its complexity, a wide range of risks are associated with this means of transportation. Considering …
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Assessing the economic value of using structural health monitoring systems on South African bridges by studying the Ermelo-Richards Bay Freight Railway line
… methods. The detailed study was conducted on railway bridges on the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) Ermelo - Richards Bay coal route to assess the contribution that a commodities line such as this one makes to the South African economy. This study makes use of data from Transnet to establish …
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Balancing China's Seasonal Intercity Travel Demand: Alternatives for Freight Rail Expansion to Reduce Seasonal Passenger Rail Demand
… and, * to identify how development of China's freight-rail industry can or will influence the Spring Festival travel season. Spatial analysis using geographic information systems (GIS), statistical hypothesis testing, and economic analysis including location quotients were conducted to examine …
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Simulations of mixed use rail corridors: how infrastructure affects interactions among train types
Freight traffic on North American railroads has undergone dramatic growth over the past several decades and this trend is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, there is widespread interest in use of existing freight railway infrastructure to provide higher-speed passenger …
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Determination of load path through concrete crosstie and fastening system: a laboratory and field investigation
US railways move more freight (measured in tonne-kms) by rail than by any other means. This is done over an extensive network of primarily private freight railway lines that also transport passenger trains. To enable the expansion of high-speed passenger rail service using shared passenger/freight …
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Strategische Allianzen im europäischen Eisenbahngüterverkehr
Seit den 90er Jahren ist die Wettbewerbsstruktur im europäischen Eisenbahngüterverkehr starken Veränderungen unterworfen. Die Auflösung staatlicher Monopole sowie die Öffnung nationaler Märkte implizieren einen intensivierten Wettbewerb, bieten jedoch gleichzeitig die Möglichkeit, sich über …