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Railway transportation systems :

Pyrgidis, Christos N.,

Railway transportation systems : design, construction and operation / Christos N. Pyrgidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. - 2nd edtion. - London. CRC Press. c2022. - xxxvi, 555 pages : illustrations ;

"This book presents a comprehensive overview of railway passenger and freight transport systems, from design through to construction and operation. It covers the range of railway systems, from conventional and high-speed inter-urban passenger systems, through suburban and regional and urban, specialist and freight. For each, it provides a definition, a brief overview of its evolution, the main design, construction and operational characteristics, the preconditions for the selection and the steps required to check the feasibility of its implementation."

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Railroads--Design and construction.
Railroad engineering.
Transportation engineering.

TF200 / .P97 2016