Chapter I The Introduction And Overview Of The Subject

Deffination of rapid transit and metro.Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks,

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

OF THE RAPID TRANSIT

Chap Contents

1 Definition of rapid transit and metro.

2 Kinds of the rapid transits

3 Distinguish among different kinds of rail way

1 Terminology of the metro.

2 Historical of the metro.

3 Operations and kinds of aglinement line styles

4 Keywords and vocabulary summarise.

Chương Nội dung

1 The global planning phase of the 3 rd a Ben Thanh – Tan Kien

2 The 3 rd a Ben Thanh – Tan Kien alignments

3 Characters of the metro system

4 Keywords and vocabulary summarise

1 Achitecture of the station

2 The design and requirement of use and technique

3 Station characteristics

4 Keywords and vocabulary summarise

Chương Nội dung

1 Introduction of rail structure components

2 Technical drawings and it’s components

3 Structure of the overground tracks segment

4 Structure of the underground tracks segment

5 Structure of the viaduct tracks segment

6 Keywords and vocabulary summarise

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Construction of the tunnels with TBM technique

1 Cut, cover and excavation in station’ the contruction phase

2 Introduction of the TBM technique for excavating tunnel

3 Keywords and vocabulary summarise

Class activities Work in group Discussion and report before class Reading and Writing

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Work in small groups

Real projects based study

Discussion and confident communication Keywords take note

No phone on class

Nội dung môn học

Rapid transit, also known as metro, subway, underground, or colloquially

as "the train", is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found

in urban areas

Unlike buses, trams or light rail, rapid transit systems are electric railways that operate on an exclusive right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by

pedestrians or other vehicles of any sort, and which is often grade

separated in tunnels or on elevated railways

→ What is the substances of the passages ?

I.1 Deffination of rapid transit and metro.

Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated

lines between stations typically using electric multiple units on rail

tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tyres, magnetic

levitation, or monorail

The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the

trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to avoid gaps They are typically integrated with other public transport and often operated by the same public transport authorities

It is unchallenged in its ability to transport large numbers of people quickly over short distances with little use of land Variations of rapid transit

include people movers, small-scale light metro, and the commuter rail

hybrid S-Bahn

No Keywords Meanings

1 Electric multiple units is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive

power

2 Rail track

No Keywords Meanings

3 Guided rubber tyre

4 Magnetic levitation

No Keywords Meanings

7 Commuter rail hybrid S-Bahn

Figue 1 Light rail

Figue 2 Metro Figue 3 Commuter railway

? Can you distinguish among three types of rail way

? What is the best advantage of the metro

? Can you list some kinds of metro rail way

→ Who is the group which be the first and best of translation all the

passages ?

→ +5 points will be added for the best group !

Read more about the history

The world's first rapid-transit system was the partially underground Metropolitan Railway which opened as a conventional railway in 1863, and now forms part of

the London Underground In 1868, New York opened the elevated West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, initially a cable-hauled line using static steam engines

The world's largest rapid transit network is the Greater Tokyo rail system with more than 40 million daily passengers and 882 stations within the metropolis The

world's largest single rapid transit service provider by both length of track (842 miles

(1,355 km), including non-revenue track

Read more about the history

The world's first rapid-transit system was the partially underground Metropolitan Railway which opened as a conventional railway in 1863, and now forms part of

the London Underground In 1868, New York opened the elevated West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, initially a cable-hauled line using static steam engines

Read more about the history

The world's largest rapid transit network is the Greater Tokyo rail system with more than 40 million daily passengers and 882 stations within the metropolis The

world's largest single rapid transit service provider by both length of track (842 miles

(1,355 km), including non-revenue trackand number of stations (468 stations in total) is the New York City Subway By length of passenger route, the world's longest single-

operator rapid transit system is the Shanghai Metro The busiest rapid transit systems in the world by annual ridership are the Tokyo subway system, the Seoul Metropolitan

Subway, the Moscow Metro, the Beijing Metro, and the Shanghai Metro

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The opening in 1863 of London's steam-hauled Metropolitan Railway marked the beginning of rapid transit Initial experiences with steam engines, despite ventilation, were unpleasant Experiments with pneumatic railways failed in their extended adoption by cities Electric traction was more efficient, faster and cleaner than steam and the natural choice for trains running in tunnels and proved superior for elevated services In 1890 the City & South London Railway was the first electric-traction rapid transit railway, which was also fully

underground Both railways were eventually merged into London Underground The

1893 Liverpool Overhead Railway was designed to use electric traction from the outset.

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The technology quickly spread to other cities in Europe, Canada and the United States with some railways being converted from steam and others being designed to be electric from the outset Budapest in Hungary and Glasgow, Chicago and New York all converted or purpose-designed and built electric rail services.There were 19 systems by

1940, and 66 by 1984 Cities such as Oslo and Marseille opened extensive systems in the 1960s and many new systems were introduced in Southeast Asia and Latin America

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Advancements in technology have allowed new automated services Hybrid solutions have also evolved, such as tram-train and premetro, which incorporate some of the features of rapid transit systems In response to cost, engineering considerations and topological challenges some cities have opted to construct tram systems.