Channel Tunnel Rail Link section 2: railway systems

Building Britain's first main-line railway for over a century - and one carrying trains at an unprecedented 300 km/h - required a completely new set of design standards for railway systems. This paper describes the signalling, trackwork and diverse range of other mechanical and electrical systems which, together with the rolling stock, make the tunnels, earthworks and structures of the second section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link - now renamed High Speed 1 - into a transport system.(A)

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• Authors:
  • Bennett, D
• Publication Date: 2007-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 49-53
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 160
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0965-089X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Design; High speed ground transportation; Railroad tracks; Signals; Speed; Standards
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3655: Construction; 9011: Design (overall design); 1163: High speed; 1062: Railway track; 6967: Signal; 187: Specification (standard); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01083757
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2008 11:40AM