Railway transportation systems :
Pyrgidis, Christos N.
Railway transportation systems : design, construction and operation / Christos N. Pyrgidis - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016 - xxxvi, 475 p. : illustrations ; 27 cm
"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."
9781482262155 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Railroads--Design and construction.
Railroad engineering.
Transportation engineering.
625.1 / PYG-R
Railway transportation systems : design, construction and operation / Christos N. Pyrgidis - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016 - xxxvi, 475 p. : illustrations ; 27 cm
"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."
9781482262155 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Railroads--Design and construction.
Railroad engineering.
Transportation engineering.
625.1 / PYG-R