Courses

Design and Operation of Railway Transport Systems

General

  • Code: ΣΥΓ016
  • Semester:
  • Study Level: Undergraduate
  • Course type:
  • Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
  • Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (4)
  • ECTS Units: 5
  • Exams Schedule:

Course Contents

Railway and its capabilities, the railway transport system and its historical evolution
• Power vehicles, diesel and electric traction,
• Wheel rail interaction
• Railway track elements
• Railway track infrastructure
• Railway track design
• Railway technical projects, railway tunnels, railway bridges, embankments, trenches, drainage,
noise barriers and fences
• Railway facilities, traffic signaling, railway electrification system, railway level crossings, railway
lines, switches and crossings
• Rolling stock, design, construction and operation of rolling stock, derailment of railway vehicles
• High-speed trains, tilting trains, urban and suburban railway systems, rack railway
• Elements of technical railway operators, train traffic management and traffic capacity
• Elements of commercial rail operators, railway stations, organization and management of
passenger and freight rail transport, mixed train traffic control and the effects in the design and
operation of railway transport systems
• Railway safety, European policy in rail transport, interoperability technical specifications.

Educational Goals

Upon completing the course students should be able to collect data to design a railway transport
system as well to define the level of service and safety provided and record the needs of an existing
one
• To combine the previous data in order to define the parameters for the design or improvement of a
railway transport system
• To implement the knowledge and data in order to calculate and design a new railway transport
system and its components, to monitor, predict and manage the demand of an existing one
• To analyze components and operations that compose a railway transport system, clarify and
classify them in terms of cost, quality and functional criteria.

General Skills

The course contributes to the following skills:
_Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
_Adapting to new situations
_Decision-making
_Project planning and management
_Respect for the natural environment.

Teaching Methods

Face to face.

Use of ICT means

Powerpoint presentations, e-learning platform for
educational material

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures52
Individual study78
Total130

Students Evaluation

Final written exam (100%) which includes:
– Open ended questions
– Problem solving questions (exercises)
The evaluation criteria are presented in the 1st lecture of
the semester to all students. Furthermore, each student can
see his graded exam/ written assignment paper and talk on
the analysis of his written performance with the professor.

Recommended Bibliography

  • Γιαννάκος, Κ.Σ. (2002). Δράσεις στη Σιδηροδρομική Γραμμή. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΠΑΖΗΣΗ ΑΕΒΕ,
    ISBN: 978-960-02-1566-3.
  • Λυμπέρης, Κ. (2011). Σιδηροδρομική Θεωρία και Εφαρμογές. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΡΙΑ,
    Σ.ΑΘΑΝΑΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ & ΣΙΑ Ι.Κ.Ε, ISBN: 978-960-266-332-5.
  • Ματσούκης, Ε-Γ (2008). Σχεδιασμός των Μεταφορών και Στοιχεία Σιδηροδρομικής.
    Συμμετρία, Σ.ΑΘΑΝΑΣΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ & ΣΙΑ Ι.Κ.Ε, ISBN: 978-960-266-230-4.
  • Προφυλλίδης, Β. (2016). Σιδηροδρομική. EKΔOΣEIΣ ΓIAXOYΔH Ι.Κ.Ε., ISBN: 978-618-5092-22-1.
  • Πυργίδης, Χ. (2009). Συστήματα Σιδηροδρομικών Μεταφορών, Υποδομή, Τροχαίο Υλικό,Εκμετάλλευση. Ζήτη Πελαγία & Σια Ι.Κ.Ε., ISBN: 978-960-456-155-1.
  • Marks-Fahrmann, U., Restetzki, K., Biehounek, A., Hegger, A. (2018). Σιδηροδρομική
    Τεχνολογία. Εκδοτικός Όμιλος ΙΩΝ, ΜΑΡΙΑ ΠΑΡΙΚΟΥ & ΣΙΑ ΕΠΕ, ISBN: 978-960-508-279-6.
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    • Limperis, K. (2011). Railway Theory and Applications. Simmetria Editions, ISBN: 978-960-266-332-5 [in
    Greek].
    • Matsoukis E-G (2008). Transportations Design and the Railway Sciense Elements. Simmetria Editions,
    ISBN 978-960-266-230-4 [in Greek].
    • Profillidis, V. (2016). The Railway Science. Giahoudis Editions, ISBN 978-618-5092-22- 1 [in Greek].
    • Pirgidis, Ch. (2009). Railway Transport Systems. Ziti Pelagia Editions, ISBN: 978-960-456-155-1 [in Greek].
    • Marks-Fahrmann, U., Restetzki, K., Biehounek, A., Hegger, A. (2018). Railway Technology. Ion Editions,
    ISBN: 978-960-508-279-6 [in Greek].