Need for a new commuter car entranceway design for mixed high- and low-level platforms

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1793, 2002, Pages 40-46

  Morlok, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; PASSENGER CARS; RAILROAD TRACKS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRAIN FERRIES;

HIGH-LEVEL PLATFORMS (HLP); LOW-LEVEL PLATFORMS (LLP);

RAILROAD STATIONS;

EID: 0036968707     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1793-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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