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    • LRT urban insertion and safety: European experiences 

      Novales, Margarita; Teixeira, Manuel; Fontaine, Laetitia (Sage, 2014)
      [Abstract:] This paper provides a rough design toolkit for improving the safety of LRT (Light Rail Transit) urban insertion. This toolkit has been prepared after the analysis of more than 130 examples of good and ...
    • Alicante light rail: improving the use of existing railway lines 

      Novales, Margarita; García Cerezo, Juan Antonio; Ortega, Román (Sage, 2013)
      [Abstract:] The TRAM Metropolitano de Alicante (TRAM) is a unique metric (1,000 mm) gauge system that was born as the first Spanish tram-train, but later lost the tram-train characteristic of sharing the railway tracks ...
    • Turf (grass) track for light rail systems 

      Novales, Margarita; Conles Barrera, Emilio José (Sage, 2012)
      [Abstract:] Light rail systems are experiencing a revival in several countries in the world. In many of the new networks, as well as in refurbished ones, turf (grass) tracks are being used as a means to get a reserved right ...
    • Overhead wires free light rail systems 

      Novales, Margarita (Sage, 2011)
      [Abstract:] Light rail systems are experiencing a revival in several countries in the world. Nevertheless, they are facing a more and more demanding market which implies continuous new evolutions and technologies. An ...
    • High speed turnouts’ geometry 

      Bugarín, M. R.; Orro, Alfonso; Novales, Margarita (Sage, 2011)
      [Abstract:] Turnouts are singular points of the railway track. A series of advances have been added to their design in the last 20 years, in the same way as the other elements that constitute the track structure. These ...