Author: Rod Dingwall
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780853615088
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780942035872
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Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 695
ISBN-13: 0309258243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →TCRP report 155 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 report considers the characteristics and interfaces of vehicle wheels and rail, tracks and wheel gauges, rail sections, alignments, speeds, and track moduli. The report includes chapters on vehicles, alignment, track structures, track components, special track work, aerial structures/bridges, corrosion control, noise and vibration, signals, traction power, and the integration of LRT track into urban streets.