TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Rail vehicles, environment, safety and security
JO  - Research in transportation economics
A1  - Matsika, Emmanuel
A1  - Ricci, Stefano
A1  - Mortimer, Philip
A1  - Georgiev, Nikolay
A1  - O'Neill, Conor
SP  - 43
EP  - 58
VL  - 41
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 0739-8859
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.011
ID  - ref1
ER  -