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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366602603321

Titolo

Sustainable Rail Transport / / edited by Marin Marinov, Janene Piip

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-19519-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 310 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mobility, , 2196-5544

Disciplina

385

Soggetti

Transportation engineering

Traffic engineering

Transportation

Management

Industrial management

Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Innovation/Technology Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Motivation -- Existing Systems -- New Service -- Methodology -- New Service Development -- Evaluation -- Technical Validation -- Conclusions and Future Work.

Sommario/riassunto

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.