Course detail

Selected Chapters on Railway Structures 1 (DST)

FAST-BNA007Acad. year: 2025/2026

Urban railway transport. Types of urban rail transport, basic division. Transport and traffic relationships. Traffic assessment. City public transport in the Czech Republic.
METRO. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
Tramway. Geometric track components, track alignment. Railway superstructure and substructure of tramway tracks. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
Railways in urban regions, integrated transport system. The main demands on infrastructure and operation
High-speed tracks. Relationship to other types of rail transport in big cities. Track geometry.
Railway superstructure and substructure on HST. Slab track, demands on design. Design of slab track substructures. Main types of slab track design. Demands on slab track on bridges, in tunnels, in transitions with the ballasted track. Construction and maintenance HST.
Non-classic railway lines

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Entry knowledge

Basic terms, the division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions. Railway track design.
Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of the earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of urban railway transport, high speed tracks and non-classic railway lines and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.
A student acquires skills in urban railway transport, high speed tracks and non-classic railway lines.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Ďurčanská, Bezák, Gavulová, Mahdalová, Radimský, Řezáč, Smělý: Mestské komunikácie. EDIS, 2011. (SK)
KOTAS, Patrik. Dopravní systémy a stavby. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03602-0. (CS)
SŽDC S9. Pevná jízdní dráha. Správa železniční dopravní cesty, státní organizace: Odbor traťového hospodářství Dlážděná 1003/7 110 00 Praha 1, 2012. (CS)

Recommended reading

DARR, Edgar. Feste Fahrbahn: Konstruktion, Bauarten, Systemvergleich feste Fahrbahn - Schotteroberbau. Hamburg: Tetzlaff Verlag, 1999. ISBN 38-781-4700-7. (DE)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPC-SIK Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Urban railway transport. Types of urban rail transport, basic division. Transport and traffic relationships.
  • 2. Traffic assessment. City public transport in the Czech Republic.
  • 3. METRO. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
  • 4. Railway superstructure and substructure of METRO. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
  • 5. Tramway. Geometric track components, track alignment design parameters.
  • 6. Tramway superstructure and substructure of tramway tracks. Switches and crossings. Operation arrangement.
  • 7. Railways in urban regions, integrated transport system. The main demands on infrastructure and operation
  • 8. High-speed tracks. Relationship to other types of rail transport in big cities.
  • 9. High-speed tracks, track alignment design parameters.
  • 10. Railway superstructure and substructure on high-speed tracks.
  • 11. Slab track, demands on design. Design of slab track substructures.
  • 12. Main types of slab track design. Demands on slab track on bridges, in tunnels, in transitions with the ballasted track. Construction and maintenance of high-speed tracks.
  • 13. Non-classic railway lines

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Specifying of the first project, guidelines to draw up.
  • 2. Guidelines to a design of the assembly of turnout in a curve with cant.
  • 3. Longitudinal profile of particular tracks and rails.
  • 4. Format and content of drawings – setting out the drawing.
  • 5. Submitting of the first project.
  • 6. Specifying of the project of a tramways junction.
  • 7. Design of tramway switches and crossings.
  • 8. Changes of track axes distances.
  • 9. Technical report.
  • 10.–12. Consultation on the project.
  • 13. Submitting of the second projects, credit.