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Title:

Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit

Edition:

-- Second Edition

Report No.:

TCRP Report 155

Authors:

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. [in association with three others]

Published:

2012

Washington, D.C.

Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

Series:

Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program - TCRP)

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume (loose-leaf in various pagings)

Online Access:

https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rp...

Access Note:

33.4 MB

Summary

This Handbook 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 components of the various track types are discussed in detail. The guidelines consider the characteristics and interfaces of vehicle wheels and rail, tracks and wheel gauges, rail sections, alignments, speeds, and track moduli. The Handbook includes chapters on vehicles, alignment, track structures, track components, special trackwork, aerial structures/bridges, corrosion control, noise and vibration, signals, traction power, and the integration of LRT track into urban streets. These chapters provide insight into other systems that impact the track design and require interface coordination. In addition, the Handbook includes chapters on the construction and maintenance of LRT trackwork. This Handbook will be of interest to designers, operators, manufacturers, and those maintaining LRT systems.

Publ. Place

Washington, D.C.

Contents

General introduction --
Light rail transit vehicles --
Light rail transit track geometry --
Track structure design --
Track components and materials --
Special trackwork --
Structures and bridges --
Corrosion control --
Noise and vibration control --
Transit signal work --
Transit traction power

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