RailRailtransportTransportsystemSystems generally consists of the conventional railRail and HSR (High-Speed RailHigh Speed Rail). The main componentsComponent of the railRailpassengerPassengertransportTransportsystemSystems are generally supply and demand. The supply componentComponent consists of the sub-componentsComponent such as: infrastructureInfrastructurenetworkNetwork embracing railRaillinesLine, stops/stations along them, begin/end stations/terminals, and supporting facilitiesFacilities and equipmentEquipment (traffic control/signalling, power supply, and traffic management systemSystems); rolling stock—trains powered by given energy/fuel (traction); maintenance systemsSystems of the infrastructureInfrastructure, rolling stock, and facilitiesFacilities and equipmentEquipment; and directly and indirectly operatingOperatingstaffStaff. The demand componentComponent embraces the railRailpassengersPassenger and freightFreightshipmentsShipments transported between their origins and destinations. The systemSystems is characterized by the infrastructural, technicalTechnical/technologicalTechnological, operational, economicEconomic, environmentalEnvironmental, and socialSocialperformancesPerformances. Their functionalityFunctionality has been frequently affected by different externalExternal and internalInternaldisruptiveDisruptiveeventsEvent. This Chapter contains description of the main performancesPerformances of the railRailtransportTransportsystemSystems for passengersPassenger, the main externalExternal and internalInternaldisruptiveDisruptiveeventsEvent impacting these performancesPerformances, and the analytical modelsModel of reliabilityReliability, resilienceResilience, robustnessRobustness, and vulnerabilityVulnerability based on the corresponding modelsModel of the indicatorsIndicator of functionalityFunctionality of particular performancesPerformances as FOMs (figures-of-merit). Two illustrative cases of application of the proposed modelsModel to the railRailnetworkNetwork impacted by the severe weatherWeather—heavy rain with flooding and the HSRHigh Speed RailnetworkNetwork  impacted by the disruptiveDisruptiveeventsEvent—large-scale earthquakeEarthquake are presented.


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