Current Advances in Railway and Transportation Technology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 91
Special Issue Editors
Interests: railway network; transport technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the latest developments in the rail transport sector. The implementation of innovative systems in the field of transport engineering and transport technologies is one of the most important components of multimodal transport systems and their use in the development of transport chains. The planning and subsequent concrete operational design of applied technologies must be aimed at ensuring the sustainable development of rail transport to improve the addressability of environmental problems related to climate change. Transport technologies make it possible to focus on new modes of transport in all forms of transport systems, while at the same time streamlining the use of new progressive transport techniques. The current direction of transport technologies shows the need to increase the application of innovative (smart railway) technological approaches, both in the planning of transport systems, in the use of transport modes, and storage and consumption depending on logistics systems.
At the same time, the formulated objectives of transport policies indicate the need to increase the efficiency and use of rail transport, which can be ensured by new innovative approaches to the construction of railway infrastructure, the use of logistics systems, and, last but not least, the use of the planning and modeling of transport systems. The future of rail transport can also be characterized by a major expansion of artificial intelligence, which will be reflected in changes in the technology of both the means of transport and transport infrastructure for rail transport. This Special Issue also focuses on research on railway resilience in the context of societal events.
The main focus of the articles in this Special Issue is assumed to be, but not strictly limited to, the following areas:
- Rail infrastructure in the Industry 4.0 concept;
- Smart railway;
- Railway resilience;
- Automation of railway means of transport;
- Automation of railway infrastructure elements;
- Digitization of railway technology;
- Digitization of communication and information technologies in railway transport;
- Intermodal transport using rail transport systems;
- Use of high-speed technologies in rail transport;
- Optimization of logistic processes in railway transport;
- Modeling of infrastructure issues for railway infrastructure;
- Modeling of means of transport;
- Modeling of logistic processes for rail transport;
- GIS-based modeling of railway infrastructure;
- Use of algorithmization for future transport systems.
Dr. Juraj Čamaj
Dr. Vladislav Zitricky
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Planned Papers
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the latest developments in the rail transport sector. The implementation of innovative systems in the field of transport engineering and transport technologies is one of the most important components of multimodal transport systems and their use in the development of transport chains. The planning and subsequent concrete operational design of applied technologies must be aimed at ensuring the sustainable development of rail transport to improve the addressability of environmental problems related to climate change. Transport technologies make it possible to focus on new modes of transport in all forms of transport systems, while at the same time streamlining the use of new progressive transport techniques. The current direction of transport technologies shows the need to increase the application of innovative (smart railway) technological approaches, both in the planning of transport systems, in the use of transport modes, and storage and consumption depending on logistics systems.
At the same time, the formulated objectives of transport policies indicate the need to increase the efficiency and use of rail transport, which can be ensured by new innovative approaches to the construction of railway infrastructure, the use of logistics systems, and, last but not least, the use of the planning and modeling of transport systems. The future of rail transport can also be characterized by a major expansion of artificial intelligence, which will be reflected in changes in the technology of both the means of transport and transport infrastructure for rail transport. This Special Issue also focuses on research on railway resilience in the context of societal events.
The main focus of the articles in this Special Issue is assumed to be, but not strictly limited to, the following areas:
- Rail infrastructure in the Industry 4.0 concept;
- Smart railway;
- Railway resilience;
- Automation of railway means of transport;
- Automation of railway infrastructure elements;
- Digitization of railway technology;
- Digitization of communication and information technologies in railway transport;
- Intermodal transport using rail transport systems;
- Use of high-speed technologies in rail transport;
- Optimization of logistic processes in railway transport;
- Modeling of infrastructure issues for railway infrastructure;
- Modeling of means of transport;
- Modeling of logistic processes for rail transport;
- GIS-based modeling of railway infrastructure;
- Use of algorithmization for future transport systems.
Dr. Juraj Čamaj
Dr. Vladislav Zitricky
Guest Editors
