A Brief History of High-Speed Rail

This book introduces the basic knowledge, concepts, terms and development process of high-speed rail (HSR) and summarizes its main achievements at this stage. It mainly expounds the connotation of high-speed rail to readers from two different aspects of theory and technology. The book explains the development process of high-speed rail in terms of time: yesterday's wheel rail high-speed rail, today's maglev high-speed rail and tomorrow's super high-speed rail; and also spatially, making a comparative analysis of the development around the world. This book can be used as a reading material for scientific researchers, engineering technicians, management workers, teachers and students of colleges and universities as well as high-speed railfans.

Author: Qizhou Hu, Siyuan Qu

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: Sep 03, 2023

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9811936374

ISBN-13: 9789811936371