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Title: Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit, Second Edition
Accession Number: 01378864
Record Type: Monograph
Blurb URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: This Handbook provides guidelines and descriptions for the design of various common types of light rail transit (LRT) track. The track structure types include ballasted track, direct fixation ("ballastless") track, and embedded track. The components of the various track types are discussed in detail. The guidelines consider the characteristics and interfaces of vehicle wheels and rail, tracks and wheel gauges, rail sections, alignments, speeds, and track moduli. The Handbook includes chapters on vehicles, alignment, track structures, track components, special trackwork, aerial structures/bridges, corrosion control, noise and vibration, signals, traction power, and the integration of LRT track into urban streets. These chapters provide insight into other systems that impact the track design and require interface coordination. In addition, the Handbook includes chapters on the construction and maintenance of LRT trackwork. This Handbook will be of interest to designers, operators, manufacturers, and those maintaining LRT systems.
Report/Paper Numbers: Project D-14
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Incorporated 1401 K Street, NW, Suite 701 Pagination: v.p.
Publication Date: 2012
Serial: ISBN: 9780309258241
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 27 2012 8:12AM
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