Illinois High-Speed Rail Four-Quadrant Gate Reliability Assessment

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) to conduct a reliability analysis of the four-quadrant gate/vehicle detection equipment installed on the future high-speed rail (HSR) corridor between Chicago and St Louis. A total of 69 highway-rail grade crossings on a 121-mile (195 km) segment of the 280-mile corridor were equipped with four-quadrant gates and inductive loop vehicle detection technology. This segment, between Mazonia and Springfield Illinois, will eventually carry passenger trains at speeds up to 110 mph (177 km/h) at many of the highway-rail grade crossings.

Author: U. S. Department of Transportation

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Dec 17, 2013

Number of Pages: 48 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1494708213

ISBN-13: 9781494708214