The paper describes the preparatory stages that should be followed before a decision to proceed with any railway electrification is given. the purpose of such work is to provide a report to management on comparisons between the proposal and alternative courses of action. Consideration is given to capital and maintenance costs, performance characteristics, commercial appeal, trainservice quality, levels of utilisation, fuel costs, track, signalling.


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    Title :

    Planning for railway electrification


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Proceedings of the IEE Power ; 119 , 4 ; 431-440


    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 10 Tabellen


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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