Rail track infrastructure ownership: Investment and operational issues

Transportation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-200

  Ferreira, Luis ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Railway economics; Railway infrastructure; Railway investment; Track management; Train operations

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; TRAIN FERRIES;

RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RELIABILITY MODEL;

RAILROADS;

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INVESTMENT CONDITIONS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRACK MANAGEMENT; TRAIN OPERATION; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031147586     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004967120888     Document Type: Article

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