New Publication – Local and regional railway tracks in Germany

By: Thomas Wagener

The STUVA recently published a comprehensive standard volume on “Local and regional railway tracks in Germany” in the Alba Verlag’s “Blue Series” (Fig.).  

For the first time, this publication looks at the total amount of railway lines and the diversity of their forms of execution in public commuter transportation (trams, urban trains, Underground and S-Bahn systems, regional trains). The many pointers in this book can be applied on the one hand to teaching and research and on the other as components for planning new systems and upgrading already existing ones.

The book was sponsored by the Employers’ Liability Insurance Association for Tramways, Underground and Railway Systems (BG Bahnen), the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), the German Traffic Safety Council Inc. (DVR), the Liability Insurance Association for the Building Industry (BG BAU), the Association of German Transport Undertakings (VDV) and the VDV Promotional Group.  

The entire text is printed in two languages (German and English) with numerous photographs, graphic presentations and tables.

The book (ISBN 3-87094-674-1) can be ordered at a price of € 68,80 directly from the publisher (Alba-Fachverlag) or any other bookseller.

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