CZECH RAILWAYS EXPERIENCE WITH UPGRADING OF MIXED TRAFFIC CORRIDORS TO 100 MPH OPERATION

This presentation, offered at a conference on railroad track and structures, provides an overview of efforts by the Czech national railroad to upgrade its mixed traffic corridors to infrastructure capable of handling 100 mile per hour operation. This speed upgrade required improvements in: track components and technology, track design parameters, diagnostic practices, vehicles, and track/vehicle interaction technology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference available on CD-ROM. Listed on the CD-ROM's index of titles as: Incremental Upgrading of Czech Main Lines.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association

  10003 Derekwood Lane, Suite 210
  Lanham, MD  United States  20706
• Authors:
  • MARUSICOVA, D
• Conference:
  • 1998 AREMA Track and Structures Conference
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1998-9-14 to 1998-9-16
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 50p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Infrastructure; Rail (Railroads); Railroad engineering; Railroad facilities; Railroad tracks; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Rolling contact
• Geographic Terms: Czech Republic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796034
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 2000 12:00AM