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Obtaining a fit-for-purpose train planning process for a sustainable railway: Perspectives from Great Britain and Germany (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoodbhoy, N., Nicholson, G., Steele, H., Sturm, I., & Sohlke, A. (2025, April). Obtaining a fit-for-purpose train planning process for a sustainable railway: Perspectives from Great Britain and Germany. Paper presented at RailDresden2025, Dresden, Germany

The ongoing and planned rollouts of the European Train Control System, known process weaknesses and high demand for capacity and performance present the necessary conditions for an overhaul of the train planning lifecycle. This paper discusses effort... Read More about Obtaining a fit-for-purpose train planning process for a sustainable railway: Perspectives from Great Britain and Germany.

Analyses of finance trends for transport infrastructure in LICs and LMICs against future climate targets (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Steele, H., Blumenfeld, M., & Plummer, P. (2024, September). Analyses of finance trends for transport infrastructure in LICs and LMICs against future climate targets. Presented at European Transport Conference 2024, Antwerp

Whilst low-income countries (LICs) and lower middle-income countries (LMICs) require accelerated economic development to meet Sustainable Development Goals, studies show that under existing paradigms a 1% increase in economic growth can lead to a 0.4... Read More about Analyses of finance trends for transport infrastructure in LICs and LMICs against future climate targets.

Determining future high speed rail review topics through bibliometric analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Steele, H., Blumenfeld, M., & Plummer, P. (2024). Determining future high speed rail review topics through bibliometric analysis. High-speed Railway, 2(1), 17-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hspr.2024.01.005

As High Speed Rail (HSR) has proliferated globally, so has a related research field dedicated to exploring and addressing its unique issues. Yet, studies to understand and classify the HSR research domain are limited. This paper addresses the gap, us... Read More about Determining future high speed rail review topics through bibliometric analysis.

Review of Data Analytics for Condition Monitoring of Railway Track Geometry (2022)
Journal Article
Peinado Gonzalo, A., Horridge, R., Steele, H., Stewart, E., & Entezami, M. (2022). Review of Data Analytics for Condition Monitoring of Railway Track Geometry. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(12), 22737-22754. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2022.3214121

Railway track geometry varies along routes depending on topographical, operational and safety constraints. Tracks are prone to degrade over time due to various factors, with deviations from the original geometry design having potential implications f... Read More about Review of Data Analytics for Condition Monitoring of Railway Track Geometry.

Towards a sustainable digital railway (2022)
Book Chapter
Steele, H., & Roberts, C. (2022). Towards a sustainable digital railway. In S. Blainey, & J. Preston (Eds.), Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations (Transport and Sustainability) (239-263). https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000014014

Digital technologies provide an opportunity for the rail sector to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability, if implemented correctly. Unlocking the full potential of technology, however, will require significant changes beyond the t... Read More about Towards a sustainable digital railway.

Improved epicentral distance estimations for railway earthquake early warning (2020)
Journal Article
Steele, H., Noda, S., Yamamoto, S., & Korenaga, M. (2020). Improved epicentral distance estimations for railway earthquake early warning. Quarterly Report of RTRI, 61(3), 222-227. https://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.61.3_222

Accurate, rapid estimation of epicentral distance, Δ, is essential for earthquake early warning systems. To improve Δ estimation, new methods to calculate the empirical relationship between the amplitude growth rate parameter, C, and Δ are investigat... Read More about Improved epicentral distance estimations for railway earthquake early warning.

Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges (2018)
Journal Article
Steele, H., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2019). Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 233(5), 526-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409718800523

Smart grids are considered to be the ‘next generation’ of electricity supply systems, capable of increasing supply reliability, availability and energy efficiency through the use of information and communication technologies. Despite these advantages... Read More about Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges.

Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Douglas, H., Schmid, F., Roberts, C., & Hillmansen, S. (2016, August). Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2016, Birmingham

the majority of drive chain losses in railway vehicles are attributable to motor inefficiency. An attractive solution to reduce these losses, and the associated energy consumption, is the implementation of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) te... Read More about Evaluation of Permanent Magnet Motor energy saving technology for different types of railways.

Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamid, H. A., Nicholson, G. L., Douglas, H., Zhao, N., & Roberts, C. (2016, August). Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation, ICIRT 2016, Birmingham

One approach to reduce energy consumption in railway systems is to implement optimised train trajectories. These are speed profiles that reduce energy consumption without foregoing customer comfort or running times. This is achieved by avoiding unnec... Read More about Investigation into train positioning systems for saving energy with optimised train trajectories.