The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour: A Handbook for a Railway Track of High Quality

Front Matter....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Earliest Traces....Pages 3-6
Early Wagonways....Pages 9-10
Horse-Drawn Railway....Pages 11-12
Steam Power Introduced....Pages 13-16
Diesel and Electric Engines....Pages 17-17
High-Speed Railway....Pages 19-19
History of the Track Gauge....Pages 21-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
The “Stakeholders” of the Railway System....Pages 25-27
The Changing External Environment for the Infrastructure Manager....Pages 29-30
Multi-Annual Contracts....Pages 31-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Introduction....Pages 35-36
Forces on the Track....Pages 39-47
The Track Subsystem....Pages 49-58
The Vehicle Subsystem....Pages 59-63
Modelling the Track....Pages 65-78
The Effect of Track Stiffness on Track Performance....Pages 79-87
The Wheel-Rail Interface....Pages 89-112
The Mechanism of Track Faults Creation....Pages 113-119
The Deterioration of the Track Components....Pages 121-145
Track Settlements....Pages 147-148
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Discrete Track Defects as Cause of Track Deterioration....Pages 149-150
Track Problems, Causes, Mechanisms, Solutions....Pages 151-155
Track Drainage....Pages 157-174
The Track Deterioration Model....Pages 175-176
The System “Railway Infrastructure”....Pages 177-182
What Is Quality?....Pages 185-190
Factors Affecting the Track Quality Behaviour....Pages 191-194
Assessment of Track Geometry Quality....Pages 195-197
Track Design....Pages 199-202
The Track Construction (Aiming at High Performance)....Pages 205-207
Track Condition Monitoring....Pages 209-215
Track Maintenance....Pages 217-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Introduction to LCC and RAMS....Pages 253-256
The RAMS Analysis....Pages 259-274
RAMS in Operation and Maintenance....Pages 275-277
The LCC Concept....Pages 279-292
Maintenance Planning Using LCC KAI RAMS....Pages 293-296
Integration of RAMS and LCC in the Project Design Process....Pages 297-297
A Case Study of Applications of RAMS and LCC in the Design Process....Pages 299-304
LCC and WLC (Whole Life Costing)....Pages 305-306
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Investment and Budgeting Decisions for High Track Quality....Pages 307-311
Introduction....Pages 313-314
From Tactical to Strategic Outsourcing....Pages 317-317
Cost and Benefit of Outsourcing....Pages 319-323
Measuring Contractor’s Performance....Pages 325-327
Types of Contracts and Its Characteristics....Pages 329-336
What Kind of Contracting Is Suitable for Track Maintenance?....Pages 337-341
Common Risks Associated with Contracting....Pages 343-343
Maintenance Outsourcing Scenarios....Pages 345-345
Modelling Costs of Service Contract....Pages 347-347
Infrastructure Data Management in Case of Outsourcing of M&R Activities....Pages 349-349
Cases of Outsourcing Applied....Pages 351-354
Lessons Learned - Advices for Outsourcing....Pages 355-355
Cost Factors of Track Construction and Maintenance....Pages 357-359
Guiding Principles for an Effective Track....Pages 361-362
Measuring the Performance....Pages 363-366
Benchmarking....Pages 367-368
Management of Infrastructure Data....Pages 369-372
Maintenance Cost Modeling 102 ....Pages 373-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Technological Developments and Tendencies for the Railways....Pages 379-380
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
The Future Railway as a System....Pages 383-391
Back Matter....Pages 393-413