A Brief History of High-Speed Rail

By Qizhou Hu and Siyuan Qu

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981193634X
• ISBN13: 9789811936340
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"