The paper outlines the distinctive braking requirements of rapid transit vehicles, following which the various elements of a complete braking system are examined and recent trends described. The interaction with other developments such as Automatic Train Operation is discussed and examples of modern systems are described. In the case of recent London Transport rolling stock the reasoning behind some major changes is given.


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    Title :

    Braking systems for rapid transit vehicles - with particular reference to London transport practice


    Additional title:

    Bremssystem fuer Schnellzuege mit besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Praxis in London


    Contributors:
    Ware, D.K. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 5 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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