Advanced Railway Infrastructures Engineering: Toward Sustainable Transport
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2026 | Viewed by 772
Special Issue Editors
Interests: railway design and maintenance; transport engineering; transportation noise; vibration analysis; stray current at track infrastructure; rail infrastructure monitoring
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Interests: railway design and maintenance; transport engineering; transportation noise; vibration analysis; rail infrastructure monitoring
Interests: railway design and maintenance; transport engineering; stray current at track infrastructure; stray current monitoring and measurement; corrosion detection at urban track
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
To remain competitive with other modes of transportation, rail transport and infrastructure are subject to increasingly stringent requirements. In addition to speed and capacity, rail infrastructure must also meet high levels of resilience, reliability and a low environmental footprint. To meet these requirements, challenges such as noise and vibration reduction, stray current mitigation, and climate resistance have to be addressed. To tackle these challenges, new technologies and innovations that improve track characteristics have to be implemented in construction or reconstruction processes. In addition, modern monitoring methods that replace conventional approaches must be used to ensure the predictive maintenance of rail infrastructure systems.
This Special Issue, entitled "Advanced Railway Infrastructures Engineering: Toward Sustainable Transport", deals with advances in railway engineering to promote sustainable transportation goals. The focus is on improving efficiency, safety, and environmental performance through innovative techniques and technologies. It builds upon the existing literature in the field of railway engineering and sustainable transport, and summarizes findings from various disciplines such as civil engineering, transport planning, electrical engineering, and environmental science. The issue discusses sustainable mobility by highlighting challenges, opportunities, and innovations in the development of railway infrastructure.
This Special Issue deals with topics related to the modernization of railway infrastructure and the application of new methods of monitoring and maintenance. Topics can include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New technologies to ensure sustainable rail infrastructure,
- Noise and vibration evaluation on rail infrastructure,
- Corrosion and stray currents on rail infrastructure,
- Urban rail infrastructure monitoring and maintenance,
- Effects of climate change on different types of permanent way structures,
- New methods for continuous monitoring and predictive maintenance.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Stjepan Lakušić
Dr. Ivo Haladin
Dr. Katarina Vranešić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- railway infrastructure
- sustainable transport
- climate resilience
- track monitoring
- environmental performance
- noise and vibration
- corrosion
- stray current
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