Value for railway capacity

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2289, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Sameni, Melody Khadem ^a   Preston, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; METADATA; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CAPACITY UTILIZATION; CURRENT RESTRICTIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXISTING RAILWAY; GREAT BRITAIN; PASSENGER OPERATORS; RAIL PASSENGERS; RAIL TRAFFIC; RAILWAY CAPACITY; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869798063     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2289-18     Document Type: Article

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