Course detail

Selected Papers on Railway Structures II

FAST-5N7Acad. year: 2019/2020

Urban railway transport. Types of city rail traffic.
METRO. Geometric track components, track alignment. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
Tramway. Geometric track components, track alignment. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
Railways in urban regions, integrated bulk transport system. The main demands on infrastructure and operation.
High speed tracks. Relationship to other types of rail transport in big cities. Track geometry components and longitudinal and vertical alignment. Railway superstructure and substructure on HST. Construction and maintenance HST. Non-classical railway tracks . Modernization of Czech railway corridors.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Basic terms, division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions. Railway track design.
Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Urban railway transport. Types of urban rail transport, basic division. Transport and traffic relationships.
2. Traffic assessment. City public transport in Czech Republic.
3. METRO. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
4. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
5. Tramway. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
6. Tramway superstructure and substructure of tramway tracks. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
7. Railways in urban regions, integrated transport system. The main demands on infrastructure and operation
8. Level crossing, terminology, design and outlook fields. Recent types.
9. High speed tracks. Relationship to other types of rail transport in big cities.
10. High speed tracks, track alignment design parameters.
11. Railway superstructure and substructure on HST. Slab track, demands on design. Design of slab track substructures.
12. Main types of slab track design. Demands on slab track on bridges, in tunnels, in transitions with ballasted track. Construction and maintenance HST.
13. Non-classic railway lines

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of urban railway transport, high speed tracks and non-classic railway lines and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Habarda, D.: Mestská hromadná doprava. Alfa SNTL 1985
Tichý, B.: Vybrané statě ze železnic. Kolejová doprava ve městech. VUT v Brně 1985
Tůma, J.: Nekonvenční dráhy. Praha 1987

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.