The Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering presents the latest research on next-generation public transportation infrastructures. Emphasizing a diverse set of topics related to rail-based transportation such as funding issues, policy design, traffic planning and forecasting, and engineering solutions, this comprehensive publication is an essential resource.

Table of Contents

• Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering (ACIE) Book Series
• Dedication
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Section 1 General
• Chapter 1 Past Futures: Innovation and the Railways of Nineteenth-Century London and Paris
• Chapter 2 The Potential for Rail Transit as a Way to Mitigate Accident Risk: A Case Study in Chennai
• Chapter 3 Planning Transit System for Indian Cities: Opportunities and Challenges
• Section 2 Finance
• Chapter 4 Railway Investment Appraisal Techniques
• Chapter 5 Railway Demand Forecasting
• Chapter 6 Emerging Value Capture Innovative Urban Rail Funding and Financing: A Framework
• Chapter 7 Analyzing Intercity Modal Choice and Competition Between High Speed Rail (HSR) and Other Transport Modes in Indian Context
• Chapter 8 Welfare Economic Principles of (Urban) Rail Network Pricing: First-Best and Second-Best Solutions
• Section 3 Safety
• Chapter 9 Challenges of Railway Safety Risk Assessment and Maintenance Decision Making
• Chapter 10 Formal Assurance of Signaling Safety: A Railways Perspective
• Chapter 11 Automatic Static Software Testing Technology for Railway Signaling System
• Chapter 12 Automated Testing: Higher Efficiency and Improved Quality of Testing Command, Control and Signaling Systems by Automation
• Chapter 13 Alertness Monitoring System for Vehicle Drivers using Physiological Signals
• Section 4 Operation
• Chapter 14 Railway Operations Models: The OR Approach
• Chapter 15 A General Simulation Modelling Framework for Train Timetabling Problem
• Chapter 16 Intelligent Transportation Systems: The State of the Art in Railways
• Chapter 17 Integrated Traffic Management using Data from Traffic, Asset Conditions, Energy and Emissions
• Chapter 18 Disruption Management in Urban Rail Transit System: A Simulation Based Optimization Approach
• Section 5 Engineering
• Chapter 19 Steady State Modeling of Electric Railway Power Supply Systems for Planning and Operation Purposes
• Chapter 20 Online Condition Monitoring of Traction Motor
• Chapter 21 Dynamic Analysis of Steering Bogies
• Chapter 22 Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Tunnels and Underground Stations