The Channel Tunnel: Transport systems, Part 4The Channel Tunnel is a major civil engineering feat which is in effect the host for an equally impressive and complex transportation system. These proceedings from a conference held in October 1994, address the key strategies and issues specifically related to the design, installation, commissioning, control, operation and maintenance of the transport system from the national road network into the terminals and through the tunnels. It addresses in particular how the design of the rolling stock, control, communicatin, ventilation and power supply systems have developed into reality, and how transportation issues and the maintenance and operation have played such a prominent role in the execution of the project. |
Contents
The Channel | 3 |
SUPPLEMENT TO CIVIL ENGINEERING Ordinary meeting | 29 |
42 Crowborough East Sussex | 49 |
Other editions - View all
The Channel Tunnel, Part 3, Volume 102 Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) Limited preview - 1992 |
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administrative telephone system aerodynamic air flow areas automatic train protection auxiliary axle Bo-Bo-Bo busbar cable catenary Channel Tunnel control centre cooling system Coquelles terminal cross-passage doors crossover damper drainage driver electrical room electrical sub-stations emergency engineering ensure equipment Eurotunnel evacuation fans feeder fire detection fire-fighting Folkestone French side functions heat HGV shuttle incident installation Instn Civ km/h load located locomotive m³/s maintenance maximum Mbps monitoring normal on-board operational overall passengers phase pipework piston relief portal public address pumping station rail traffic railway signalling rakes rolling stock route running tunnel safety authority Sangatte SEEBoard service tunnel shaft Shakespeare Cliff shuttle train signalling system SNCF speed supply Thomas Telford tions tourist shuttle track circuit traction transformers Transmanche Link transmission system transport system UK side underland undersea valve vehi vehicles ventilation system voltage wagon