International Journal of Rail Transportation

2013 - 2025

Current editor(s): Wanming Zhai and Kelvin C. P. Wang

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Volume 9, issue 6, 2021

On the influence of crossing angle on long-term rail damage evolution in railway crossings pp. 503-519

Rostyslav Skrypnyk, Björn A. Pålsson, Jens C. O. Nielsen and Magnus Ekh

Near-term train delay prediction in the Dutch railways network pp. 520-539

ZhongCan Li, Chao Wen, Rui Hu, Chuanlin Xu, Ping Huang and Xi Jiang

Design scheme of multiple-subway lines for minimizing passengers transfers in mega-cities transit networks pp. 540-563

Mahmoud Owais, Abdou S. Ahmed, Ghada S. Moussa and Ahmed A. Khalil

Does the sound radiation of ground significantly contribute to the sound emission of railway lines? pp. 564-578

Michel Villot, Philippe Jean and Catherine Guigou-Carter

Optimization model and algorithm for the placing-in and taking-out of wagons in railway stations with branch-shaped goods operating sites pp. 579-594

Guo Chuijiang

Volume 9, issue 5, 2021

On the influence of shallow soil strata on the dynamic soil–structure interaction of simply supported high-speed railway bridges pp. 405-423

J. Lind Östlund, A. Andersson, M. Ülker-Kaustell and J.-M. Battini

Convolutional neural network for detecting railway fastener defects using a developed 3D laser system pp. 424-444

You Zhan, Xianxing Dai, Enhui Yang and Kelvin C.P. Wang

The influence of the density inside a train carriage on passenger boarding rate pp. 445-460

Nattanon Luangboriboon, Sebastian Seriani and Taku Fujiyama

Predicting the traction power of metropolitan railway lines using different machine learning models pp. 461-478

J. Pineda-Jaramillo, P. Martínez-Fernández, I. Villalba-Sanchis, P. Salvador-Zuriaga and R. Insa-Franco

Research on aerodynamic shape optimization of trains with different dimensional design variables pp. 479-501

Le Zhang, Tian Li and Jiye Zhang

Volume 9, issue 4, 2021

Designing a lightweight 1D convolutional neural network with Bayesian optimization for wheel flat detection using carbody accelerations pp. 311-341

Dachuan Shi, Yunguang Ye, Marco Gillwald and Markus Hecht

Influence of track flexibility and spatial coherence of track irregularity on vehicle-slab track interaction: frequency-domain analysis pp. 342-367

Lei Xu and Tao Lu

Modelling and parameter identification of friction coefficient for brake pair on urban rail vehicle pp. 368-379

Zewang Yuan, Chun Tian and Mengling Wu

A robust complementary index for railway maintenance planning based on a probabilistic approach pp. 380-404

Fatemeh Janatabadi, Saeed Mohammadzadeh and Mehrdad Nouri

Volume 9, issue 3, 2021

Congratulation Text pp. 203-203

The Editors

Evaluation of the train running safety under crosswinds - a numerical study on the influence of the wind speed and orientation considering the normative Chinese Hat Model pp. 204-231

José Neto, Pedro Aires Montenegro, Cecília Vale and Rui Calçada

Experimental study on dynamic performance of medium and low speed maglev train-track-bridge system pp. 232-255

Miao Li, Shihui Luo, Weihua Ma, Cheng Lei, Tie Li, Qibin Hu, Xiulu Zhang and Yapeng Han

Modelling and solving an integrated freight train scheduling and trip planning problem with hazardous materials pp. 256-289

Omar A. Abuobidalla, Mingyuan Chen and Satyaveer S. Chauhan

Surrogate-assisted multi-objective optimization of the dynamic response of a freight wagon fitted with three-piece bogies pp. 290-309

Manish Pandey, Rommel G. Regis, Rituparna Datta and Bishakh Bhattacharya

Volume 9, issue 2, 2021

Rail vehicle crashworthiness based on collision energy management: an overview pp. 101-131

Tao Zhu, Shoune Xiao, Cheng Lei, Xiaorui Wang, Jingke Zhang, Bing Yang, Guangwu Yang and Yuru Li

On the use of experimental modal analysis for system identification of a railway pantograph pp. 132-143

Petter Nåvik, Stefano Derosa and Anders Rønnquist

Effects of train operational parameters on ground-borne vibrations induced by twin metro tunnels pp. 144-156

Ramin Heidary, Morteza Esmaeili and Morteza Gharouni Nik

Optimal selection of the linear induction motor spacing for the medium-low speed maglev vehicle pp. 157-185

Min Zhang, Yapeng Han, Weihua Ma and Shihui Luo

The impact of gap dimensions on passengers boarding and alighting using different mobility aids at railway stations by laboratory experiments pp. 186-202

Sebastian Seriani, Rodrigo Fernández and Constanza Oyanedel

Volume 9, issue 1, 2021

An opportunistic preventive maintenance policy for tamping scheduling of railway tracks pp. 1-22

Arash Bakhtiary, Jabbar Ali Zakeri and Saeed Mohammadzadeh

A time-based track quality index: Melbourne tram case study pp. 23-38

Amir Falamarzi, Sara Moridpour and Majidreza Nazem

Optimal railway station locations for high-speed trains based on partial coverage and passenger cost savings pp. 39-60

Sunarin Chanta and Ornurai Sangsawang

An optimization method of the multi-group train formation at flat yards pp. 61-78

Dmytro Kozachenko, Volodymyr Bobrovskiy, Bogdan Gera, Ihor Skovron and Alexandra Gorbova

A 3D digital modelling method for railway station subgrade based on generalized hexahedron pp. 79-99

Yang Xu, Wei Li, Jie Wang, Hao Pu, Zhiliang Zhang, Haiou Shi and Quan Yuan

Volume 8, issue 4, 2020

Investigating Bayesian Optimization for rail network optimization pp. 307-323

Bob Hickish, David I. Fletcher and Robert F. Harrison

High speed railway ground dynamics: a multi-model analysis pp. 324-346

David Patrick Connolly, Kaitai Dong, Pedro Alves Costa, Paulo Soares and Peter Keith Woodward

Turnout remaining useful life prognosis by means of on-board inertial measurements on operational trains pp. 347-369

M. Sysyn, U. Gerber, F. Kluge, O. Nabochenko and V. Kovalchuk

Towards trackbed design with asphalt underlayment using FWD-based numerical model pp. 370-386

Mohamed Wehbi, Maria Gallou and Benjamin Lee

Vibration-based damage identification on the suspension of a railway waggon – Findings from snap-back experiments with transient excitation pp. 387-400

Peter Kraemer, H. Friedmann and M. Richter

Volume 8, issue 3, 2020

Suspension parameters optimum of high-speed train bogie for hunting stability robustness pp. 195-214

Yuan Yao, Guang Li, Guosong Wu, Zhenxian Zhang and Jiayin Tang

Railway seat design for injury mitigation in crash scenario pp. 215-233

M. S. Carvalho, A. P. Martins and J. Milho

The effect of driving direction on spatially aligned track recording car measurements in turnouts pp. 234-248

Emil Hovad, Camilla Thyregod, Jesper Fink Andersen, Christian Bøge Lyndgaard, Max Peter Spooner, André Filipe Da Silva Rodrigues and Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll

Buffer time allocation according to train delay expectation at stations pp. 249-263

Xiong Yang, Yafei Hou and Li Li

An investigation into wayside hot-box detector efficacy and optimization pp. 264-284

Constantine Tarawneh, James Aranda, Veronica Hernandez, Stephen Crown and Joseph Montalvo

Influence of soil-structure interaction on the dynamic response of continuous and integral bridge subjected to moving loads pp. 285-306

Anand M. Gharad and Ranjan S. Sonparote

Volume 8, issue 2, 2020

Preface to special issue on parallel computing and co-simulation in railway research pp. 109-110

Qing Wu, Maksym Spiryagin and Colin Cole

Parallel computing in railway research pp. 111-134

Qing Wu, Maksym Spiryagin, Colin Cole and Tim McSweeney

A vehicle/track/soil model using co-simulation between multibody dynamics and finite element analysis pp. 135-158

Bryan Olivier, Olivier Verlinden and Georges Kouroussis

Numerical stability of co-simulation approaches to evaluate wheel profile evolution due to wear pp. 159-179

Nicola Bosso and Nicolò Zampieri

Parallel simulation of railway pneumatic brake using openMP pp. 180-194

Ícaro P. Teodoro, Jony J. Eckert, Pedro F. Lopes, Thiago S. Martins and Auteliano A. Santos

Volume 8, issue 1, 2020

Rail wear and remaining life prediction using meta-models pp. 1-26

Annemieke Meghoe, Richard Loendersloot and Tiedo Tinga

Effects of blocking ratio and Mach number on aerodynamic characteristics of the evacuated tube train pp. 27-44

Peng Zhou, Jiye Zhang and Tian Li

Effect of bolster suspension parameters of three-piece freight bogie on the lateral frame force pp. 45-65

M. Pandey and B. Bhattacharya

Temperature and material behaviour effects on dynamic responses of asphalt concrete trackbed pp. 66-79

Bekhzad Yusupov, Yanjun Qiu, Haibo Ding and Ali Rahman

A case study of dynamic behaviour of short span concrete slab bridge reinforced by tire-derived aggregates as sub-ballast pp. 80-98

Morteza Esmaeili, Shervan Ataei and Mohammad Siahkouhi

Enhancing the insight into Czech railway level crossings’ safety performance pp. 99-108

J. Ambros, J. Perůtka, P. Skládaný and P. Tučka