ABSTRACT

In Spain there are 2.500 Km of lines carrying low-volume traffic. Generally the term "lines with low-volume traffic" has been taken to mean lines showing a deficit, but this is not necessarily so; a line of this type can be profitable. To ilustrate this, details are given of some technologies that allow reduction of the cost operation and maintenance of lines of kind, applying the techniques to infraestructure (track, turnouts and level crossings), stations, vehicles and operation systems. Then applied rationally, as part of a coherent planning, these techniques have given good results in most cases.

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