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An analysis of the competitiveness of the new Turin-Lyon railway line
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Num. 1
Summary - The Turin-Lyon railway line was completed in 1871. Its first part, between Turin and Chambéry, was previously planned by the Kingdom of Sardinia – which ended in 1861 with the unification... leggi tutto
Innovation in railway bogie maintenance using a portable weighing system
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Num. 1
Summary - The distribution of the vertical forces exerted by the wheels on a track is a very important parameter for the safe running and operating economy of a railway vehicle. Under static... leggi tutto
Study of dynamic buckling in droppers of high-speed railway line catenary during pantograph passage
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Num. 12
Summary - The dynamical actions to which the catenary dropper is subjected during the pantograph passage can become very relevant for high speeds of railway vehicle. In some very rare and isolated... leggi tutto
Evolution of the Transport Policy of the European Union
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Num. 12
Summary - This article traces the genesis and development of the Common Transport Policy (CTP) of the European Union, whose birth is concurrent with the 1957 Treaty of Rome. An analysis is performed... leggi tutto
Valutazione della fattibilità della chiusura dei passaggi a livello ferroviario a basso traffico – Un quadro per i gestori dell’infrastruttura ferroviaria per assistere il processo decisionale efficace
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Num. 11
Summary - This research paper develops and presents a framework allowing railway infrastructure managers to effectively assess which railway level crossing of their network may be critically reviewed... leggi tutto
Innovative materials in the bogie frame design
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Num. 11
The aim of this paper is focused on the materials used for the manufacturing of the railway bogie frames. The paper will highlight the allowable and innovative materials after discussing the... leggi tutto
Fair and sustainable railway transport at the service of the whole community
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Num. 10
Summary - The paper proposes some critical reflections relating to rail transport of people in Europe, with an indepth analysis on the Italian context. Some large numbers relating to high-speed... leggi tutto
Ecologia delle Infrastrutture Viarie a tutela dell’ambiente: concetti e criteri per una ricerca allargata alle discipline trasportistiche
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Num. 10
Summary - The paper moves from the scientific literature on Road Ecology and Railway Ecology to merge related concepts and criteria under a single definition: Ecology of Transportation Infrastructure... leggi tutto
From “advertising boards” ... to “signage system” History, design, planning and fixed message signage standards in Italian railway stations
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Num. 9
Summary - This article aims to offer an “overview” of the design and methodological criteria with which RFI, and before that FS, have addressed the issue of fixed message signage in railway stations... leggi tutto
Periodic equilibrium oscillations in the diffusion processes of transport innovations
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Num. 9
Summary - It often happens that the introduction of an innovation in the transport world is not accompanied by the adjustment of its characteristics to the increase in its utilizations, and that... leggi tutto

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Evaluation of the workload of the Train Dispatcher
2018
Num. 6
Summary - The paper shows the development of a method to quantify the workload of Control Room Train Dispatchers (DCO), in order to ensure fair allocation of activities based on homogeneous... read all
‘Big Data’ opportunities for new transport models and services
2018
Num. 5
Summary - The vast diffusion of mobile location and communication devices continuously produce a huge amount of data (‘Big Data’) that can be exploited to im- prove the knowledge about the state of... read all
Timetable-based capacity evaluations: analysis of a sub-urban single-track railway
2018
Num. 4
Summary - The paper presents an original approach to perform capacity assessments of railway systems, based on the automatic generation and evaluation of feasible timetables. This method relies on a... read all
Optimization facilities for bridges and track on high speed railways
2018
Num. 3
Summary - The paper describes the research results of the optimisation of “bridge-track-car” interaction for high- speed railway traffic (up to 400 km/h) in bridge zones. The developed criteria allow... read all
Evaluation of rail conductances
2017
Num. 12
Summary - In this paper a study relevant to the rail conductances, self and mutual, for both single and double railway lines track is presented; such a study is performed by means of Boundary Element... read all
Analysis and assessment of eco-driving strategies for train drivers training
2017
Num. 11
Summary - In the framework of increasing attention, at European level, for environmental protection and energy saving, represented by the objectives of the 20-20-20 Package, part of the European... read all
The innovative JRC15 3kVDC pantograph
2017
Num. 11
Summary - This article is intended as a first approach to the presentation of the JRC15 pantograph, developed as an innovative subsystem for regional and intercity rolling stock equipment, on medium... read all
A quantitative model for the analysis of railway accessibility with bimodal vehicle in emergency conditions
2017
Num. 10
Summary - This paper proposes a quantitative method for evaluating the accessibility of railway routes in the open air under emergency conditions using the bimodal road/rail vehicle supplied to the... read all
Cable driven Automated People Movers for urban applications: modelling the roller for investigating energy consumption
2017
Num. 9
Summary - The importance of cable driven APMs (Automated People Movers) has become much higher in the recent years, for hourly capacities up to nearly 8-9 thousand passengers per direction. This is... read all
Experimental data measured with an On Board Unit for condition monitoring of freight wagons
2017
Num. 8
Summary - This paper presents the experimental data measured with an On Board Unit (OBU) realized within the research group of Railway Engineering of Politecnico di Torino. The prototype was... read all

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