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100	1		_aPyrgidis, Christos N., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRailway transportation systems : _bdesign, construction and operation / _cChristos N. Pyrgidis.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aBoca Raton, FL : _bCRC Press, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axxxviii, 555 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe railway as a transport system -- Loads on track -- Behaviour of rolling stock on track -- Tramway -- Metro -- Monorail -- Automatic passenger transport railway systems of low- and medium- transport capacity -- Suburban railway -- Rack railway -- Cable railway systems for steep gradients -- Organisation and management of passenger intercity railway transport -- High-speed networks and trains -- Tilting trains -- Metric track gauge intercity railway networks -- Organisation and management of freight railway transport -- Heavy haul rail transport -- Operation of railway systems under specific weather conditions and natural phenomena -- Railway safety -- Railway and the natural environment -- The research in the railway domain : cutting-edge technologies in railways -- Applicability verification : a supporting tool for the conduction of feasibility studies of urban mass railway transportation systems.
520			_a"This comprehensive overview covers the entire range of railway passenger systems, from conventional and high-speed intercity systems to suburban, regional, operating on steep gradients, and urban ones. New material provides innovations in rail freight transportation, case studies, and an update of cutting-edge technologies"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aRailroads _xDesign and construction. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110936
650		0	_aRailroad engineering. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110872
650		0	_aTransportation engineering. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137069
650		2	_aRailroads. _0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011890
650		6	_aChemins de fer _xConception et construction.
650		6	_aChemins de fer.
650		6	_aTransport _xTechnologie.
650		7	_aRailroads (infrastructure) _2aat
650		7	_aRailroad engineering. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01088593
650		7	_aRailroads _xDesign and construction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01088848
650		7	_aTransportation engineering. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01155272
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