AIRSC RAIL SAFETY NEWS
AIRSC RAIL SAFETY NEWS (A Unit Of All India Rail Safety Council)
bi-monthly Magazine aims to stimulate the quality of service for railway
passengers and freight customers by improving the knowledge on the
effectiveness and efficiency of capacity management, timetabling, management
and safety of railway operations. It covers the whole range of light rail,
metro, heavy and high-speed railway systems. The journal will create a platform
for the regular transfer of knowledge, new tools and discussion of innovative
contributions regarding the analysis of passenger and freight railway
transport, estimation of traffic demand and capacity, design of timetables,
scheduling of trains and crews, dispatching, signalling, train control, automatic
train operation, optimal use of rolling stock and energy in order to increase
the efficiency and competitiveness of passenger and freight transport.
The
journal presents innovative theoretical approaches, high-tech concepts, new
technologies, financing, and business management models and tools that can
provide higher flexibility, performance and punctuality of trains operating on
dedicated lines and in heterogeneous networks. Journal of Rail Transport
Planning & Management integrates the expertise from different scientific
disciplines as physical planning, transport modeling, traffic analysis,
(system) engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, economics, and
(transport) policy analysis.
The
articles accepted comprise generic theoretical research projects, original,
concise transport, and business plans, pilot technical and economic feasibility
analyses, as well as genuine impact assessment studies in the railway domain.
Journal
of Rail Transport Planning & Management supports the development of a
Network of Excellence in the field of railway system planning, operations
research, business development, traffic control, and operations management. It
brings together academics and professionals who advise governments, railway
infrastructure managers, train operating companies, and industrial suppliers on
promising and successful innovation strategies for railway transport policy,
lines, networks, operations, and management.
ALL INDIA
RAIL SAFETY COUNCIL
