Czech

Not applicable.

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

A student acquires skills in urban railway transport, high speed tracks and non-classic railway lines.

Basic terms, division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions. Railway track design.
Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

1. Urban railway transport. Types of urban rail transport, basic division. Transport and traffic relationships.
2. Traffic assessment. City public transport in Czech Republic.
3. METRO. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
4. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
5. Tramway. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
6. Tramway superstructure and substructure of tramway tracks. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
7. Railways in urban regions, integrated transport system. The main demands on infrastructure and operation
8. Level crossing, terminology, design and outlook fields. Recent types.
9. High speed tracks. Relationship to other types of rail transport in big cities.
10. High speed tracks, track alignment design parameters.
11. Railway superstructure and substructure on HST. Slab track, demands on design. Design of slab track substructures.
12. Main types of slab track design. Demands on slab track on bridges, in tunnels, in transitions with ballasted track. Construction and maintenance HST.
13. Non-classic railway lines

Not applicable.

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of urban railway transport, high speed tracks and non-classic railway lines and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Habarda, D.: Mestská hromadná doprava. Alfa SNTL, 1985. (SK)
Tichý, B.: Vybrané statě ze železnic. Kolejová doprava ve městech. VUT v Brně, 1985. (CS)
Tůma, J.: Nekonvenční dráhy. Praha, 1987. (CS)

Heinrich, K., Kretzschmar, R.: Transrapid MagLev System. HESTRA-VERLAG Darmstadt, 2000. (DE)
KOTAS, P.: Dopravní systémy a stavby. Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2002. (CS)