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The tram in Oslo: renewal and modernization
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Summary - Oslo will be the first world capital with a fully electric public transport system by 2030. In this context, the so-called “Tram program” was started in 2013, which includes:– supply of 87... leggi tutto
Pantograph-rigid overhead interaction: a simplified method of analysis
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Summary - The study defines a simplified method of kinematic and dynamic analysis of the interaction between a pantograph and a rigid overhead contact line. The difficulty in finding specific... leggi tutto
Rail higher education in Europe: current situation analysis for future developments
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Summary - The paper aims at describing the activities developed within the project ASTONRAIL (Advanced approaches and practices for rail training and education to innovate rail study programmes... leggi tutto
Consequences of the ban on sale of internal combustion engine cars in Europe
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Summary - This paper studies the consequences of the imposition of the ban on sale of internal combustion engine cars (ICE) decided by the Parliament of the European Union. By using a dynamical model... leggi tutto
A multimodal model for the simulation of medium and long-distance mobility of people in Italy
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Summary - To overcome the limitations of stationary mobility models highlighted by the recent pandemic and geopolitical crises, with the support of ISFORT, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has... leggi tutto
A Multi-Criteria based Approach for Safety Assessment and Improvement of Railway Level Crossings (RLCs)
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Summary - The present paper develops a “decision tool” that helps railway infrastructure managers decide the interventions to make at a given railway level crossing of the network in order to improve... leggi tutto
Regulatory, technological and operational innovations in cableway transport
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Summary - With reference to cableway transport systems and in particular to aerial ones, this work presents a critical analysis of the regulatory, technological and operational innovations that have... leggi tutto
Innovation in railway bogie maintenance using a portable weighing system
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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
An analysis of the competitiveness of the new Turin-Lyon railway line
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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
Study of dynamic buckling in droppers of high-speed railway line catenary during pantograph passage
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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

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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
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
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
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
Some suggestions about forgotten and may be new parameters to evaluate the performance of rapid transit systems
2017
Num. 5
Summary - A proposal is done to rationalize the parame- ters defìning Rapid Transit Systems’ general performances. This is achieved by converting Mechanical motion mea- sures into corresponding... read all
Design of safe Light Rail Transit (LRT) roundabouts
2017
Num. 2
Summary - While travelling at-grade in an urban environ- ment, a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system needs to traverse road intersections of various complexities. These intersec- tions, including... read all
Sequential safety machines: application logic in the railway sector
2017
Num. 1
Summary - Sequential machines are machines equipped with rudimentary “artificial thinking” formed by their “internal state” or memory [1]. This artificial intelli- gence can help in activities... read all
Methodology for the experiment of GPS system for train positioning
2016
Num. 11
Summary - This paper analyses the application of satellite technologies to the railway sector, where such technologies are playing an increasingly important role for signaling, communications,... read all

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