A large number of passengers in Austria commute on a daily basis by using High Speed Trains (HSTs). Nowadays, a large amount of passengers can be considered active mobile phone users. Due to increased numbers of mobile users, the capacity problem is considerably introduced. To deal with this issue, the railway company in Austria (ÖBB) has implemented Wi-Fi on-board the railjet high speed trains...

After the establishment of the first quarantine station in the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) in 1377, the states and principalities of Italy developed a sophisticated system of defensive quarantine in an attempt to protect themselves from the ravages of plague. Using largely unknown and unseen historical maps, this paper reconstructs the extent and operation of the system used. It i...

Given the limited driving range of battery electric vehicles and lack of sufficient charging infrastructure, locating charging stations is an important decision problem to enable long-distance travels by battery electric vehicles. This paper considers an important political factor in such location problems: the equitable access to charging stations among geographical regions. We propose three t...

For both passenger and freight transportation, railroad operations must be dependable, accessible, maintained, safe (RAMS). In many urban areas, railway stations risk safety accidents represent an essential concern for daily operations. Moreover, the lead to damage market reputation, including injuries anxiety among people costs. This under pressure caused by higher demand which consuming infra...

The unequal area facility design problem has been studied in the literature generally by considering block layout separate from detailed design. This paper shows a tractable method for concurrently optimizing department shape and location within the facility, and selection of the appropriate number of input/output (I/O) stations per department and then optimally locating them. The distance metr...

This paper presents a new method for detecting, locating and classifying overhead contact systems (catenary systems) in point clouds collected by mobile mapping systems (MMS) on rail roads. Contrary to many other application types, railway embankments are highly regulated and standardized. Railway infrastructure geometric relations remain roughly unchanged within established regions and have si...