Railway Engineering

• Author(s): Vassilios A. Profillidis,
• Publisher: Ashgate
• Pages: 291
• ISBN_10: 0754612791
  ISBN_13: 9780754612797
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General) , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Transportation , Transportation / Railroads / General ,

Description:... In this second edition, the author situates the rail mode in the transport market and addresses the vital issues that are decisive for the future of the rail mode in this market, for example, the structural organization of the stakeholders in the rail transport market, accompanied by examples of how the market dictates the choices made, as well as how there must be areas in the market where co-operation prevails and others where competition holds away in order to optimize overall socio-economic returns. Futhermore, this second edition explores the fundamental issues of external effects.