Numerical Analysis of a New Block-Type Rail Bearing Beam for the Mid-Low-Speed Maglev Train by Wubin Wang, Yandong Li, Kang Xie, Zhichao Huang, Linchuan Shi

“…In this study, a new block-type rail bearing beam is presented, which consists of a cast-in-place base and prefabricated blocks. …”
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Corrigendum to “Forecasting Method for Urban Rail Transit Ridership at Station Level Using Back Propagation Neural Network” by Junfang Li, Minfeng Yao, Qian Fu

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Does Urban Rail Transit Discourage People from Owning and Using Cars? Evidence from Beijing, China by Shasha Liu, Enjian Yao, Toshiyuki Yamamoto

“…With the rapid urbanization and motorization, many cities are developing urban rail transit (URT) to reduce car dependence. This paper explores the URT effect on car ownership and use based on the home-based work tour data in Beijing, China. …”
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Cluster Coordination between High-speed Rail Transportation Hub Construction and Regional Economy Based on Big Data by Liang Zhao, Yuanhua Jia

“…If driven by big data concepts and methods, the various capabilities of high-speed rail transportation hubs will be sublimated, and the regional economy will be in line with the prosperity of this place. …”
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Exploration of the Mountainous Urban Rail Transit Resilience Under Extreme Rainfalls: A Case Study in Chongqing, China by Chenhui Liu, Xue Su, Zhichun Wu, Yingjun Zhang, Cuizhu Zhou, Xiangguo Wu, Yong Huang

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Impact of Urban Rail Transit Network on Residential and Commercial Land Values in China: A Complex Network Perspective by Shiping Wen, Jiangang Shi, Wei Zhang

“…Urban rail transit can improve a city’s accessibility. …”
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Retracted: Risk Evaluation Study of Urban Rail Transit Network Based on Entropy-TOPSIS-Coupling Coordination Model by Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

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Tabu Search for Multi-Objective Hub Location Planning: A Case Study of the Northern Rail Line, Thailand by Nguyen Dang Nha, Pham Van Nam, Chanta Sunarin, Sangsawang Ornurai

“…However, investing in rail infrastructure comes with significant construction costs. …”
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Applying System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track to Analyze the Rail Corrugation Causation on Curved Urban Railway Tracks by Xianxian Yin, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…Current studies believe that the occurrence of rail corrugation is largely due to the resonant vibration of the wheel-rail system. …”
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Is the Iron Silk Road Really So Important? Rail Freight Use on China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt” by P. Bucsky, T. Kenderdine

“…CR Express containerised rail transport between Europe and China is a flagship project of China’s “Belt and Road”. …”
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Structural Improvement of the ω-Type High-Speed Rail Clip Based on a Study of Its Failure Mechanism by Xiaogang Gao, Anbin Wang, Yu He, Xiaohan Gu

“…In the circumstances of high-speed railways, the wheel-rail vibration is significantly aggravated by polygonal wheel wear and rail corrugation, which subsequently leads to the wheel-rail interaction at higher frequencies and potential failure of the rail fastening. …”
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Effect of normalisation on the microstructure and wear resistance of U75V rail welded joints in desert service environments by Xi Zhang, Tingting Liao, Xing Liu, Xiaoya Shen, Ruotong Tian, XinYi Yang, Biao Guo, Qibing Lv, Guoqing Gou, Xiao Huang

Subjects: “…U75V rail…”
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Hybrid Random Regret Minimization and Random Utility Maximization in the Context of Schedule-Based Urban Rail Transit Assignment by Dewei Li, Yufang Gao, Ruoyi Li, Weiteng Zhou

“…In this paper, a schedule-based transit assignment model based on the hybrid of utility maximization and regret minimization is proposed to study the passenger route choice behavior in an urban rail transit network. Firstly, based on the smart card data, the space-time expanded network in an urban rail transit was constructed. …”
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Experimental Study on Reasonable Horizontal Load Value on the Top of Railings of Glass Bridges or Gallery Roads in Scenic Area by Qingwen Sun, Qiushi Yan, Liqu Liu, Haowei Wang

“…With the increase of glass bridges or glass walkways in the scenic area, the safety protection provided by railings cannot be neglected. However, there is a difference between the demands for a horizontal load on the top of railings in the present design specifications. …”
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Design Scheme of Bidirectional Converter Device in Urban Rail Transit Traction Power Supply System and Comprehensive Benefits by KANG Chonghao, ZHOU Wenwei, HU Jianqiang

Subjects: “…urban rail transit…”
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The Influence of Amplitude- and Frequency-Dependent Stiffness of Rail Pads on the Random Vibration of a Vehicle-Track Coupled System by Kai Wei, Pan Zhang, Ping Wang, Junhua Xiao, Zhe Luo

“…A finite element model (FEM) for a rail-fastener system was produced to determine the nonlinear compressive deformations of TPE rail pads and their nonlinear static stiffness under the static vehicle weight and the preload of rail fastener. …”
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Performance Analysis of Prefabricated Steel-Spring Floating-Slab Track and Its Application to Urban Express Rail Transit by Xudong Huang, Ping Li, Xinwei Luo, Liang Ling, Abdulmumin Ahmed Shuaibu, Zhiping Zeng

“…The aim of the research is the design of prefabricated steel-spring floating-slab track to be applied in urban express rail transit systems. Using a developed vehicle-track dynamic-coupling equation for steel-spring floating-slab track, the effects of length, thickness, vertical damping, and use of side-mounted isolators on the floating-slab track were investigated experimentally using full-scale model and under different working conditions. …”
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Assessing the Spatial Efficiency of Xi’an Rail Transit Station Areas Using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Model by Haiyan Tong, Quanhua Hou, Xiao Dong, Yaqiong Duan, Weiming Gao, Kexin Lei

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Minimizing Investment Risk of Integrated Rail and Transit-Oriented-Development Projects over Years in a Linear Monocentric City by Ding Liu, Xi Jiang, Lingyun Meng, Ying-En (Ethan) Ge

“…Rail and transit-oriented-development (TOD) projects are simultaneously optimized in this paper, with special consideration given to yearly variation and spatial and temporal correlation of population densities. …”
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Optimal PV‐storage capacity planning for rail transit self‐consistent energy systems considering extreme weather conditions by Siyu Guo, Liuyang Cai, Haiyi Wu, Guanghui Song, Li Lin, Yanbo Chen

“…Abstract With the rapid development of electrified rail transportation, the traction load demand of rail transportation has increased sharply, and its operational security under extreme conditions has been highlighted. …”
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