%0 Journal Article
%T Rail vehicles, environment, safety and security
%J Research in transportation economics
%D 2013
%A Matsika, Emmanuel
%A Ricci, Stefano
%A Mortimer, Philip
%A Georgiev, Nikolay
%A O'Neill, Conor
%V 41
%N 1
%P 43-58
%X This paper starts with a discussion on typical vehicles. The concepts and the usual practice for rail wagon design, both freight and passengers are presented. A discussion on rail and the environment comes next followed by Truck-Trains. Accident theories, metaphors and investigation methods are widely discussed; Hazard - Barrier - Target Model, Swiss Cheese Model, Bow-Tie Model, Fault Tree Analysis and Event Tree Analysis are explained. This paper concludes with a technical discussion on safety and security of rail vehicles, standards for safety and measures against terrorist attacks.<p />
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0739-8859
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.011