PERSPECTIVES
Recent Research and Development Activities in Track Technology
2019 年 60 巻 4 号 p. 233-237
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2019 年 60 巻 4 号 p. 233-237
Three current focal areas of research at RTRI aim to make railways more sustainable:
(1) Labor-saving and automation of track maintenance in order to counter the effects of an expected fall in the number of experienced engineers and growing labor shortages, by engaging in basic and applied R&D on the utilization of information and communication technology for track maintenance.
(2) Rail maintenance and management: with particular emphasis on rail corrugation, with a view to proposing fundamental countermeasures within the next few years, based on understanding the underlying mechanisms behind the problem.
(3) Development of track technology for regional railways: development of lower cost track improvement methods, in order to drastically improve the LCC of regional railways within the allowable range of public economic support for railway services.
