Reliability plays an important role in the stable and safe operation of transportation systems.
The rail system is one of the vital sectors of transportation that has affected the process of …

The light rail is gaining relevance within cities' transportation networks due to its adequate
balance among sustainability, economic and safety factors. Nevertheless, there is still a gap …

The objective of the present work is to demonstrate a methodology for assessment of
passenger train reliability from the perspective of a KPI to measure the number of …

The maintenance and management of railway infrastructure plays a central role in ensuring
the reliability and availability of rail transport. In a highly competitive transport market, the rail …

The reliability of high-speed railway network is an important issue for the sustainable
development of railway traffic. A high reliable railway network not only has a longer service …

Reliability of the metro vehicles is a key factor for providing of regular, safe and undisturbed
passenger transport in the urban agglomerations. The research contains failure analyses of …

Railway transportation systems are generally used to transport minerals from large-scale
mines. Any failure in the railcar components may cause delays or even catastrophic …

Today's railroad passenger wagons experience a large frequency of failures due to a large
number of usage hours, and consequently planning maintenance is complex and …

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is extensively used to identify and eliminate the
potential failures in products, processes, designs, and services. In this approach, the …

The goal of railway rolling stock maintenance and replacement approaches is to reduce
overall cost while increasing reliability which is multi objective optimization problem and a …