Sustainable rail transport : proceedings of RailNewcastle Talks 2016

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This edited monograph presents the selected papers from RailNewcastle 2016, being held in Newcastle UK, June 2016. The collected papers focus on railway research, including topics such as rail operations, engineering, logistics, communication systems and safety. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field of railway engineering, but the paper collection may also be beneficial for graduate students alike. Read more... Abstract: This edited monograph presents the selected papers from RailNewcastle 2016, being held in Newcastle UK, June 2016. The collected papers focus on railway research, including topics such as rail operations, engineering, logistics, communication systems and safety. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-x Sustainable Rail Transport (Marin Marinov)....Pages 1-5 Rail Operations and Energy Management (Martin Lehnert, Stefano Ricci)....Pages 7-30 Optimisation of Business Processes and Services in the Rail Transport Market from Two Points of View: Economic Efficiency and Management (Anna Dolinayova)....Pages 31-44 Infrastructure Access Charges (Borna Abramović)....Pages 45-58 Interior Train Design of Commuter Trains: Standing Seats, and Consideration for Persons with Reduced Mobility (Emmanuel Matsika)....Pages 59-75 Railway Applications for Monitoring and Tracking Systems (Cristian Ulianov, Paul Hyde, Ramy Shaltout)....Pages 77-91 Baggage Handling (Bernhard Rüger)....Pages 93-112 Aspects of Rail Infrastructure Design (Aleksander Sładkowski, Krzysztof Bizoń)....Pages 113-145 Improving Integrated Travel Planning by Enhancing Travel Planning Model with Rail Station Data (Jörn Schlingensiepen, Edwin Naroska, Florin Codrut Nemtanu)....Pages 147-168 Innovation in Rail Freight and Interchanges (or How to Stop Rail Freight Hitting the Buffers) (Philip N. Mortimer, Raphael Kling-David)....Pages 169-192 Multimodal, Intermodal and Terminals (Giuseppe Pace, Stefano Ricci)....Pages 193-206 Rail Marketing, Jobs and Public Engagement (Anna Fraszczyk, Nathalie Amirault, Marin Marinov)....Pages 207-224 New Technologies and ITS for Rail (Florin Codrut Nemtanu, Jörn Schlingensiepen)....Pages 225-247