Track design handbook for light rail transit

• Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board., Transit Cooperative Research Program., United States. Federal Transit Administration., Transit Development Corporation., Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Series: Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) ; 155.
• Subjects: Street-railroad tracks > Design and construction.; Railroad tracks > Design and construction.; Street-railroad tracks > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Street-railroads > United States > Design and construction > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781621982838; 9780309258241
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (loose-leaf in various pagings) : illustrations.

TCRP report 155 provides guidelines and descriptions for the design of various common types of light rail transit (LRT) track. The track structure types include ballasted track, direct fixation ("ballastless") track, and embedded track. The report considers the characteristics and interfac...