Optimal integration location and sizing of renewable energy systems in AC railways for cost optimisation
September 2026
This study presents a bi-level optimisation framework for the optimal integration of Photovoltaic (PV) systems and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) in AC railway traction power supply networks. The framework...
Machine learning in railway catenary inspection: A review of data processing techniques
September 2026
In electrified railways, the dynamic behavior of the catenary system is crucial for ensuring smooth and reliable current collection by electric trains. This process depends on the direct interaction...
Development of next-generation high-speed railways: Current status, trends, and suggestions
September 2026
In recent decades, High-Speed Railway (HSR) technology has seen rapid advancements, and the knowledge system in related fields has gradually matured. Providing the speed, safety, and comfort of HSR...
A comparative headway analysis of hybrid Level 3 with TTD-backup and hybrid Level 3 (VSSs) in ETCS-Level 3 for Vietnam’s high-speed rail
September 2026
Research on signaling technology for the feasibility study and preliminary design of High-Speed Rail (HSR) in Vietnam is an urgent priority during this period. At the same time, the study of modern...
Sulfate attack resistance of cement-stabilized crushed gravel base
September 2026
To address the transverse heaving hazard of asphalt pavement in desert and salinized soil regions in China, an indoor method is proposed for the measurement of the sulfate resistance of cement-stabilized...
Grinding behavior and dynamics of high-speed grinding vehicle when grinding on corrugated rails
September 2026
High-speed rail grinding represents a novel passive grinding technique, distinct from traditional active grinding methods. However, there have been no reports on the grinding behavior and dynamics of...
Study on lateral vibrations of overpasses under different pedestrian walking patterns
September 2026
Current pedestrian overpasses tend to be lightweight and slender. Their dynamic response under pedestrian loads has elicited increasing attention, given the effects of such a response on the safety...
Optimization of carbody structure in the Hong Kong LRV project through health monitoring
September 2026
Since the second phase of the Hong Kong light rail vehicles entered service in 1992, the structural health of their carbodies has been continuously monitored throughout their operational lifespan as...
Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Railway Point Cloud: An Efficient 3D Framework with Mamba and A New Benchmark
Available online 10 September 2026
3D point cloud semantic segmentation plays a significant role in scene understanding and has been widely applied in various downstream tasks, such as autonomous driving and augmented reality. In this...
Turnout fault prediction based on sparse autoencoder fusion attention mechanism and Bi-LSTM
Available online 5 September 2026
Railway turnout (RT) equipment is an important component of railway signaling systems, and its reliable operation is essential for railway safety. To improve maintenance efficiency and ensure equipment...
High-Speed Railway Antenna Systems: Propagation Environments, Integration Challenges, and Future Directions
Available online 4 September 2026
Future high-speed railway systems rely heavily on secure and efficient wireless communication for train operation, passenger services, positioning, and safety-related functions. Antenna systems play...
A Safety-Shielded Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Virtual Coupling Train Following under Uncertainty and Communication Delay Conditions
Available online 4 September 2026
Virtual Coupling (VC) aims to reduce inter-train following distances by relying on relative braking and vehicle-to-vehicle information exchange. Although VC train-following control is commonly addressed...
Investigation of temperature field during prefabrication stage of the high-speed rail 32m box girder based on numerical analysis and monitoring data
Available online 4 September 2026
This study investigates the heat of hydration and internal temperature field of concrete in the precast construction stage of the 32m box girder for high-speed rail. The aim is to guide early thermal...
Structural Vibration Displacement Measurement Using Point Tracking Based on Prior Physical Assumptions
Available online 2 September 2026
To address tracking difficulties in weak-texture regions and the limited robustness of traditional vision-based structural vibration measurement methods to visual interference, this paper proposes an...
The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of High-Speed Railway: Immediate Local Gains and Lagged Spatial Spillovers
Available online 16 July 2026
This study investigates the economic impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) with a focus on their temporal heterogeneity and underlying mechanisms. Employing a spatial difference-in-differences (spatial DID)...
Rail-GAN: Domain-Aware QoS Data Augmentation Framework for Link-State Prediction in Railway Cooperative Transmission
Available online 13 July 2026
In heterogeneous railway cooperative transmission systems, accurate link-state prediction (e.g., QoS metrics like throughput and latency) is crucial for multipath scheduling. However, collecting large-scale...
Mechanical performance and interfacial damage of slab track with a gradient distribution of polymer in SCC under various conditions
Available online 10 July 2026
To mitigate the progressive interfacial deterioration between the track slab and the self-compacting concrete (SCC) under complex service environments in high-speed railways, a material strategy employing...
Structural health monitoring of bogie system based on transfer function method
June 2026
The bogie serves as a pivotal structural and functional unit within the rail vehicle system, and any failure in its performance can critically affect the safety and reliability of railway operations....
Brain-inspired memory architecture for condition monitoring based on hippocampal-neocortical complementary learning
June 2026
This paper tackles the critical challenge of catastrophic forgetting and inefficient learning in artificial intelligence models processing continuous, non-stationary data streams. Inspired by neurobiological...
Enhancing coupling coefficient and efficiency in wireless power transfer: A comparison of ferrite block and magnetic composite particle material
June 2026
Magnetic components play a critical role in Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems by enhancing the coupling coefficient, thereby improving efficiency and power transfer capacity. In high-power WPT systems...
Audio fault detection for high-voltage cable terminations
June 2026
This paper addresses the challenge of weak discharge characteristics being masked by strong background noise in the acoustic detection of partial discharges in high-speed train high-voltage cable terminals....
A systematic literature review on active control technology of pantograph-catenary system in high-speed railway
June 2026
The Pantograph-Catenary System (PCS) is a critical interface for stable power acquisition in high-speed railways, and its dynamic interaction performance directly dictates the safety and reliability...
Dynamics identification of guideway girder and assessment of the effects on high-speed maglev vehicle–guideway coupled system
June 2026
The guideway girder is a key supporting component that ensures the safe and stable operation of high-speed maglev systems. Taking the Shanghai high-speed maglev demonstration line as the background,...
Research on stiffness and consistent mass matrices for the tapered three-dimensional beam using a force-based method
June 2026
For variable-section high-speed railway bridges, such as continuous girders and rigid-frame bridges, tapered 3D beam elements are frequently utilized to model bridge components. However, current high-speed...
Strategies for establishing and developing an international journal in the high-speed railway field
June 2026
This paper reviews the innovative international development practices promoted by High-speed Railway (HSPR), a journal launched under the “High-Starting-Point New Journals” subprogram of the Excellence...