Use of GIS to identify alternative traces for railway planning & development

dc.contributor.authorWickramarathne, K
dc.contributor.authorBandara, S
dc.contributor.editorPasindu, HR
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-09T10:32:10Z
dc.date.available2022-06-09T10:32:10Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractThe railway transportation is a one of the energy efficient transportation mode all around the world, as its capability of loading & transporting large amount of passengers and goods economically & safely. In the British colonial era, the railway transportation has been introduced in Sri Lanka, to transport the productions of plantations such as coffee, coco, tea, rubber, coconut, spices & etc, to the port, from up country and all around the island. With the development of new and faster roads forming in to a well connected network and introduction of efficient cars, buses and trucks, railway modal share has decreased. Today there is a need to introduced new railway lines that are faster and also forming a well connected network. Physically, the speed of a train, depend on curvature & gradient of the track. Hence it is important to identify traces that satisfy speed requirements to compete with road traffic. When developing new rail line or roads it is mandatory to consider reasonable alternatives prior to selecting the final trace. With the limited amount of maps and other resources available one cannot spend lot of time to identify possible alternatives using land and field surveys, maps & other primary surveying equipments, when the railway planning & construction phase in Sri Lanka in the past. The paper present an attempt made to use GIS tools such as Spatial Analysis, 3D Analysis, etc to identify possible alternative traces for detail studies using minimum map data available along with available satellite images.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWickramarathne, K., & Bandara, S. (2012). Use of GIS to identify alternative traces for railway planning & development [Abstract]. In H.R. Pasindu (Ed.), Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum 2012 (p. 16). Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa. https://uom.lk/sites/default/files/civil/files/TRF%20book%202012%20-e-copy_0.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.conferenceTransport Research Forum 2012en_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.emailBandara@uom.lken_US
dc.identifier.facultyEngineering
dc.identifier.pgnosp. 16en_US
dc.identifier.placeColomboen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingProceedings of the Transport Research Forum 2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/18242
dc.identifier.year2012en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa.en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://uom.lk/sites/default/files/civil/files/TRF%20book%202012%20-e-copy_0.pdfen_US
dc.subjectRetro reflectivityen_US
dc.subjectDaytime visibilityen_US
dc.subjectNighttime visibilityen_US
dc.subjectADTen_US
dc.titleUse of GIS to identify alternative traces for railway planning & developmenten_US
dc.typeConference-Abstracten_US

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