Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Ramps

Transportation; Railway

Permanent magnets and electro-magnets are housed in ramps that are located between the rails and produce the corresponding sound in the cabin as part of the AWS system. When the unit passes the ...

Reception on an occupied track

In busy stations, some trains may be received on occupied tracks (i.e. a train is already at the platform). Doing so increases the number of tracks, which therefore enables a greater number of trains ...

Relief train

Transportation; Railway

Train with the same times, crossings and garaging points as a scheduled, conditional or special train on a route where the relief train effectively doubles, triples, and so on, the previous train. ...

Remote-controlled substation

Transportation; Railway

A substation whose main line buildings are controlled by the movements inspector from another station (or the controller). The movements inspector in charge of remote-controlled operations has ...

Reprofiling

Transportation; Railway

The wear due to travelling and braking ends up altering the surface of the tyres. Reprofiling on a wheel lathe helps to recreate a perfect surface, which is important for both comfort and safety.

Road-rail vehicle

Transportation; Railway

Road trailers designed and used by the International Union of Combined Road/Rail Transport, so that they can be loaded onto specialised wagons. This system was used between 1946 and 1980.

Roller-bearing axle-box

Transportation; Railway

A step forward in equipment bearing systems. This type of axle-box is based on the plain bearing variety, except that roller bearings are used to increase the surface contact.