The modal shift to sustainable railway transport in Serbia

Abstract

Abstract. This paper deals with actual European "modal shift to rail transport" concept and related environmental issues and experience in the Republic of Serbia. The planned increase in volume of railway transport and planned railway electrification should reduce air pollution in Serbia, particularly in the urban environment. On the other hand, achieving this goal would lead to the increase in noise level in the urban environment and environmental issues in the region of thermal power plants, which are the main sources of electricity in Serbia. This paper suggests concrete measures to reduce the railway carbon footprint and noise level during the planning, design and service life of railway infrastructure.

Railway bridges on interoperable lines: Aspect of track/bridge interaction

“…Two European traffic corridors pass through Serbia: The Danube corridor VII and the road -railway corridor X. Sustainable transport policy in Serbia define directions of development in order to upgrade railway traffic [14]. The main goal for the railway corridor X through Serbia is reconstruction of the existing railway lines, which implies construction of the second track on the single track sections and electrification in order to enable railway corridor for train speeds up to 200 km/h.…”

“…Table 3. Maximum expansion lengths of bridges in Serbia according to [14] Track with continuous welded rails (Kolosek sa kontinualno zavarenim šinama)…”

“…Parameters for designing the total longitudinal displacements of the bridge 8 DISKUSIJA I ZAKLJUČAK Železnice u Srbiji su deo evropske železničke mreže i njihov razvoj treba da bude u skladu sa evropskom transportnom politikom. Dva evropska saobraćajna koridora prolaze kroz Srbiju: Dunavski koridor VII i drumskoželeznički Koridor X. Održiva transportna politika u Srbiji definiše pravce razvoja sa ciljem unapređivanja železničkog saobraćaja [14]. Glavni cilj za železnički koridor X kroz Srbiju je rekonstrukcija postojećih železničkih pruga, što obuhvata građenje drugog koloseka na deonicama jednokolosečnih pruga i elektrifikaciju radi osposobljavanja železničkog koridora za brzine vozova do 200 km/h.…”

Sustainable Railway Infrastructure and Specific Environmental Issues in the Republic of Serbia

“…This paper considers the sustainable transport and environmental requirements for railway infrastructure in Serbia. Furthermore, the specifics of 'modal shift to rail' transport concept and related environmental issues and experiences are presented [20][21][22][23]. Research presented in this paper is part of the broad research project that started three years ago and includes the following topics: Engineering -Civil, Engineering -Environmental, Transportation, Materials Science -Characterization and Testing, as well as Construction and Building Technology.…”

Utilization of ash from power plants for high embankments on soft soil

“…The objective of this research was to investigate of engineering properties of fly ash from the power plant "Nikola Tesla B" (TENT B) in Serbia and to investigate benefits of utilization of ash in the case of the construction of a high embankment on soft soil. The investigation was conducted at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, as the part of the research project funded by Electric Power Industry of Serbia [10,11].…”