This guide explains that safety is not just about the trains themselves, but also about how people get to and from stations . Problems often come from poor sidewalks, missing sign age, bad lighting, and busy roads near stations. Children, older adults, and people with disabilities are especially...

Rail integration in the urban setting of medium-sized border cities, as in the case of the old medieval town of Maastricht with its relatively small city centre, raises many challenges. The physical space occupied by underutilized rail tracks in the centre of the city is huge, occupying...

Background: Modular and autonomous rail-based transport concepts promise increased flexibility and efficiency, but their feasibility strongly depends on reliable and scalable terminal handling operations. In such systems, transport units must be safely and rapidly coupled to carrier units...

Passenger transportation in Japan's main metropolitan areas is operated by the JR companies, which were privatized and divested from Japan National Railways (JNR) in 1987 and by 16 major private railway companies with large-scale operations. Although their core business is transportation, the...

Background: Urban rail transit ensures efficient mobility in densely populated metropolitan areas. This study focuses on the Cairo Metro Network and addresses the Rolling Stock Rotation Planning Problem (RSRPP), aiming to improve operational efficiency and service quality. Methods: A...

This paper addresses freight consolidation in rail transportation planning. Multiple demand destinations are served in a single trip to utilise the volume discount on freight rate. An efficient mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) based modelling framework is proposed to optimally allocate...

With the rapid advancement of intelligent railway systems, the demand for sustainable and distributed power supply for the increasing number of monitoring sensors has become a pressing issue. Piezoelectric energy harvesting, which converts the abundant mechanical vibrations generated in...

Espera-se que a Ferrovia Leste-Oeste desempenhe um papel fundamental na otimização do transporte de grãos no Brasil, contribuindo para a disponibilidade e acessibilidade de alimentos globalmente e para a competitividade das exportações brasileiras. A Ferrovia Leste-Oeste (também conhecida...

The close relationship between tourism and transportation in the context of sustainable mobility development and increased environmental and sustainability policies is widely debated in the scientific literature. The Romanian railway transport system may represent an ignored opportunity that is...

This study assesses whether vertically integrated rail undertakings (VIUs) across EU Member States comply with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, and fair competition as outlined in Directive 2012/34/EU and its amendments. VIUs refer to corporate structures where a single entity...

Are railways always a harbinger of prosperity? We examine the economic effects of railways in Bosnia-Herzegovina under Habsburg colonial rule. Our novel dataset consistently tracks the non-agrarian population share of over 4,500 settlements in Habsburg Bosnia in 1885, 1895, and 1910, based on...

Regulation 1370/2007, as amended by the Fourth Railway Package, set the date of 25 December 2023 for the opening to competition of services subject to public service obligations. As opposed to the model of "competition in the market" for commercial services, the model for PSO services is that of...

The Brenner Corridor Platform (BCP) was set up in 2007 by three Member States, five Regions and three Infrastructure Managers as well as the Brenner Base Tunnel SE and the European Commission to monitor the implementation of the respective Brenner Corridor Action Plans. Today, it consists of...

The Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR) 2024 of the EU Agency for Railways (ERA) is prepared in line with the provisions of the Agency Regulation (EU) No. 796/2016 and those of the Agency Financial Regulation (Management Board Decision no. 206/2019). The report describes the Agency's...

This paper studies the effects of the U.S. railroad expansion during the 19th century on exports of wine at the customs district level. I digitize previously unexploited data on wine trade flows for customs districts from 1870 to 1900 and combine these data with GIS-based measures of access to...

Our research analyzes the design of an auction model for railway transportation on the South-East Railway of Peru, managed by Ferrocarril Transandino S.A. (Fetransa) and operated by PeruRail. Initially, the regulatory framework aimed to promote competition in railway transportation through...

The living standard of a population is influenced by numerous factors, which, in addition, may change over time. Transport can be one of them as it acts as a mediator for other factors: it influences the price and supply of essential foods; it affects wages and income; it has an impact on the...

Die Unzulänglichkeiten der Bahn in Deutschland sind bekannt: Zugausfälle, Verspätungen, Streckensperrungen, Stellwerk- und Signalprobleme. Doch was muss getan werden, um ihre Leistungen zu verbessern? Die Studie vergleicht die Situation in Deutschland mit der in Österreich, der Schweiz,...

This study presents a prescriptive analytics framework for optimal intelligent predictive maintenance of railway tracks. We use machine learning and Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) to optimize the maintenance schedules for railway infrastructure and enhance operational efficiency and safety....

This paper examines the impact of Germany's nationwide 9-Euro-Ticket, a temporary almost fare-free transport ticket, on highway passenger traffic. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find a significant reduction of approximately 4.5%, primarily driven by decreased weekend traffic....

Der Aufbau des Textes folgt dem Fragebogen der Monopolkommission vom 28.1.2025. Dieser ist gegliedert in die Abteilungen: I) Allgemeine Entwicklung der Wettbewerbsbedingungen II) DB InfraGO AG III) Entwicklungen der Trassenentgelte IV) Sonstiges Die 23 Fragen der Monopolkommission sind...

Die Unzulänglichkeiten der Bahn in Deutschland sind bekannt: Zugausfälle, Verspätungen, Streckensperrungen, Stellwerk- und Signalprobleme. Doch was muss getan werden, um ihre Leistungen zu verbessern? Die Studie vergleicht die Situation in Deutschland mit der in Österreich, der Schweiz,...

Intercontinental rail freight transport has made significant strides in recent years, demonstrating its potential as a critical player in the global supply chain, such as Eurasian rail freight transport. However, Eurasian rail freight transport encounters challenges, including the presence of...

This survey paper discusses the literature on Operations Research (OR) models and algorithms for railway planning in the last decades. Since infrastructure and rolling stock are two resources that are both very capital-intensive and characterize the railway system, we focus on timetabling and...