Architecture
Railway rolling stock

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Architecture
Railway rolling stock

Authors : Pierre CHAPAS, Dominique COIFFET

Publication date: February 10, 2014 | Lire en français

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2. Architecture

2.1 Constraints

The track is the essential component of railway infrastructure: platform, ballast, sleepers and rails [TRP 3 050] . It imposes two major constraints on rolling stock:

  • limiting the vehicle's axle mass;

  • a space requirement (in all three dimensions) imposed by the template.

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