LONG DISTANCE RAIL TRANSPORTATION. PART B: RAPID RAIL TRANSPORTATION USING WHEEL/RAIL TECHNOLOGY

SPURGEFUEHRTER FERNVERKEHR. TEIL B: SPURGEFUEHRTER FERNVERKEHR MIT RAD/SCHIENE-TECHNIK

Status reports are presented on research and development in the Federal Republic of Germany. Topics are centered around wheel/rail technology. The subsystems track, vehicle, operations management, and environmental questions, as well as the rail dynamics simulator and a research vehicle, are discussed. Planned medium term activities for 1975 to 1979 are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Seri-2. Conf-Proc. Of the Statusseminar, Schliersee, West Germany, March 12-14, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Ministry for Research and Technology

  Postfach 9124, 4-10 Heussallee
  53 Bonn,   Germany 
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 122 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car wheels (Railroads); Conferences; Development; Environment; Environmental impacts; Industry structure; Motion; Operations; Planning; Rail (Railroads); Railroad simulators; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Research; Rolling contact; Simulation; Technology; Test facilities; Test vehicles; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Uncontrolled Terms: Programs; Research and development
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Motion simulators; Operations planning; Rapid transit systems; Vehicular tracks
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145806
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: BMFT-FB-T-75-37-PT-B
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1981 12:00AM