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Technical Reports
Access Charges Review 2003: Final Conclusions
Keywords: Network Rail, Franchised Passenger Train, Revenue Requirements
Abstract: This document contains the Rail Regulator's final conclusions in his review of Network Rail's revenue requirements and his determination of the charges which franchised passenger...
Technical Reports
International Perspectives on Road Pricing
Keywords: Road Pricing, Pricing Revenues
Abstract: Fifteen countries were represented at the November 2003 International Symposium on Road Pricing held in Key Biscayne, Florida. Participants discussed the rationale and motivations...
Technical Reports
Documentation of Deformation from Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test
Keywords: Documentation of Deformation from Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test
Abstract: The Volpe Center has been conducting research into rail equipment crashworthiness in support of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research and Development. As...
Other Reports
1998 Railroad Employee Fatalities: An Analytical Study
Abstract: This document contains the following materials: ! Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 1998's 22 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the...
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Train to Train Impact Test: Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data
Keywords: Impact test; energy absorption; train collisions; railway accidents; crashworthiness testing of railway vehicles; commuter rail passenger car; computational and kinematic models; crash dynamics
Abstract: A full-scale passenger rail train-to-train impact test was performed on January 31, 2002, at the Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado. The actual speed of impact, as...