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<p>This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-term effects, and adaptation measures are discussed. In conclusion, the authors give several recommendations on further research in this area, and highlight that special attention should be given to the areas in the Russian Federation which already face or might soon experience damage from storm events or flooding and sea level rise, namely Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic Sea, the area between Tuapse and Adler in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, and on Sakhalin Island from the side of the Sea of Japan.</p>
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This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given. Temperature effects, permafrost thawing, strong winds, floods and sea level rise, long-term effects, and adaptation measures are discussed. In conclusion, the authors give several recommendations on further research in this area, and highlight that special attention should be given to the areas in the Russian Federation which already face or might soon experience damage from storm events or flooding and sea level rise, namely Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic Sea, the area between Tuapse and Adler in Krasnodar Region on the Black Sea, and on Sakhalin Island from the side of the Sea of Japan.

Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the...

Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport

Published Online: Apr 23, 2021

Page range: 183 - 195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0014

Keywords
Regional climate change, extreme weather events, rail transport, railways infrastructure, buckling of tracks, flooding of tracks

© 2021 Evgeniia A. Kostianaia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport

Published Online: Apr 23, 2021

Page range: 183 - 195

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0014

KeywordsRegional climate change, extreme weather events, rail transport, railways infrastructure, buckling of tracks, flooding of tracks

© 2021 Evgeniia A. Kostianaia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Regional climate change, extreme weather events, rail transport, railways infrastructure, buckling of tracks, flooding of tracks