The economics of Automatic Train Protection in Britain

Transport Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Evans, Andrew W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cost benefit analysis; Rail; Safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TRAIN PROTECTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT SAFETY;

UK;

EID: 0030427111     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-070X(96)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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