RAIL INNOVATIONS 2003

This second installment of a two-part series reviews the following rail transit projects: an automated people mover for Indianapolis, Indiana; the Northeast Corridor's Acela Express, the only electrified long distance line in the United States and Canada; a new monorail for Seattle; communications based train control for New York City Transit; and double articulated light rail vehicles for Dallas' DART, the only U.S. system with a single articulated joint.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated

  1233 Janesville Avenue, P.O. Box 803
  Fort Atkinson, WI  United States  53538-0803
• Authors:
  • Wilkins, V
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-28
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Articulated cars; Automated vehicle control; Communication and control; Electric locomotives; Light rail vehicles; Locomotives by motive power; Monorail transportation; People movers; Technological innovations; Turbine engines
• Identifier Terms: Acela Express; New York City Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Boston (Massachusetts); Dallas (Texas); Indianapolis (Indiana); New York (New York); Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961588
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2003 12:00AM