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Rail freight transport

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Taste heterogeneity and latent preferences in the choice behaviour of freight transport operators

Michel Bierlaire

In this paper we show that individual attitudes of road carriers and their latent preferences toward specific freight service attributes do play a role in determining their mode choices. Specifically, we contribute to the empirical literature on freight ag ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2013

Comportement du ballast sous l'action du bourrage et du trafic ferroviaire

Chiara Paderno

The geometry of the railway track is degraded under traffic load, and must be maintained periodically. This degradation is due to the arrangement of ballast particles under loads and vibrations, which results into irreversible plastic settlements. Tamping ...

EPFL2010

Modelling degradation processes of switches & crossings for maintenance & renewal planning on the Swiss railway network

Approximately 25 percent of the budget for the maintenance and renewal of railway tracks –in Switzerland more than a billion Swiss Francs– is used for the switches (points) and crossings (S&C). While in the mean time the budget expenditure for the maintena ...

EPFL2009

A model for the life expectancy of railway switches and crossings for maintenance and renewal planning in asset management systems

With the help of databases of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), statistical analyses are carried out on the lifetime of railway switches (points) and crossings. The expected lifetimes are attributed to different parameters which influence the speed ...

Wit Press, Ashurst Lodge, Southampton So40 7Aa, Ashurst, England2008

Reinforced concrete bridges under increased railway traffic loads : fatigue behaviour and safety measures

Andrin Herwig

The aim of this thesis is to provide rational engineering methods for the fatigue safety examination of existing railway bridges. Increasing railway traffic loading and enhanced structural analysis allow for higher exploitation of the capacity of bridge el ...

EPFL2008

The Swiss experience on the wear of railway switches & crossings

Using databases of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), statistical analyses are carried out on the expected lifetime of railway switches (points) & crossings and their respective components. The expected lifetimes are attributed to different paramete ...

2007

Potential for Premium Intermodal Services to Reduce Freight CO2 Emissions in the Quebec City - Windsor Corridor: A Stated Preference Application

The Quebec City-Windsor corridor (the Corridor) is the busiest and most important trade and transportation corridor in Canada. The transportation sector is the second largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emission category in the country. This paper develops estima ...

2007