In the event of a collision between a traveling, high speed train and a vehicle, the scale of human fatality and property damage can increase substantially if the train derails from its track after impact. Hence, it is important to identify the conditions and factors that may potentially lead to derailment in the event of a train-vehicle collision incident at a highway rail grade crossing. This...

The paper considers the development of high speed rail in Europe in terms of its wider impacts on economic development. It shows how the focus has changed from the more limited objectives of enhancing rail capacity to a recognition of the potential for use as an instrument for enhancing competitiveness and cohesion within the context of the development of the trans-European networks. This howev...

One of the most important factors influencing the track maintenance is the transitions between parts of the track with different vertical stiffness. The dynamic...

This paper uses a market potential approach to examine the evolution of the rail transport network of China and its spatial distributional impacts on local accessibility, with a particular focus on high-speed rail improvements. Accessibility is measured by using a “market potential” function that was derived from the general equilibrium model of the economic geography literature, and is empiric...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the status of occupational stress in different types of train drivers. METHODS By using cluster sampling method, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 1 339 train drivers (including 289 passenger train drivers, 637 freight trains drivers, 339 passenger shunting train drivers, and 74 high speed rail drivers) from a Railway Bureau depot. The survey included individual fa...

At present, there are few research results on the seismic response of track system railway suspension bridges, and relevant has not yet formed a certain standard. In order to provide reference for development industry standards design seamless lines based large-mass method multi-point excitation, taking China’s longest high-speed bridge-Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge as engineering background,...

An ultra low-power high-speed rail-to-rail buffer amplifier with improved current summing circuit is proposed for LCD source drivers. By placing two complementary differential pairs in parallel, it is possible to obtain a rail-to-rail input stage. Then, a current summing circuit with two embedded comparators is proposed. With the proposed current summing circuit, the output stages will be turne...