Comparison of capacity expansion strategies for single-track railway lines with sparse sidings

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2448, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-61

  Shih, Mei Cheng ^a   Dick, C Tyler ^a   Sogin, Samuel L ^b   Barkan, Christopher R L ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PASSENGER CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

CAPACITY EXPANSION STRATEGIES; COMMODITY FLOW; HIGH SPEED; NORTH AMERICAN; PASSENGER TRAIN; RAILROAD NETWORKS; RAILWAY LINE; SINGLE TRACK RAILWAY; SINGLE-TRACKS; TRAIN DELAY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84938633859     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2448-07     Document Type: Review

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