High-speed rail network and periodic timetable: a comparative analysis of operational concepts

This paper compares chosen European high-speed railway (HS) networks in terms of their offer of HS passenger service. The criteria chosen for comparison are network topology, degree of service periodicity and degree of coordination between subsequent services. Only services with HS trains are taken into account. As a result, each examined network is classified according to prevailing approach to passenger service – either Line/Service (LS) Approach, where transfer connections are in general not anticipated, or Network (N) approach, with regular (mostly periodic) public transport lines and periodic transfer connections between them.The comparative analysis has shown that geography had crucial impact not only on national (or regional) HS line network, but on the HS operational concept as well.On trunk HS lines, which connect most populated agglomerations in particular country, there is always – at least during peak times – some form of periodic service, despite compulsory seat reservation (except state-owned carriers in Austria and Germany).Half of analyzed networks can be characterized by N approach – at least on trunk HS lines or within central "core" part of HS network.For Czech HS network, authors recommend to define a core network with application of Integrated Periodic Timetable

Possibilities of the IDS JMK S91 line Extension to Myjava

Tato práce se zaměřuje na železniční osobní dopravu v česko-slovenském pomezí, konkrétně na železniční trať Hodonín - Veselí nad Moravou - Myjava - Nové Mesto nad Váhom. Pro řešenou oblast je provedena analýza přepravních vztahů a analýza stávající nabídky spojení. Dále jsou prověřeny technologické možnosti vedení vlaků na trati. Poslední částí je návrh provozního konceptu na trati, který by měl zvýšit atraktivitu železniční osobní dopravy v oblasti.This thesis focuses on passenger railway transport in Czech-Slovak border area, more specifically on the railway line Hodonín - Veselí nad Moravou - Myjava - Nové Mesto nad Váhom. An analysis of the transport relationships in the area as well as of contemporary connection supply was made. Another part of the thesis is the analysis of technological possibilities of the railway transport on this line. The last part is the draft of the train operation concept which might make the railway transport in this area more attractive

Nostalgies contemporaines

La nostalgie est devenue une ressource fondamentale de la culture médiatique contemporaine. Les séries télévisées au look rétro, l’amour du vintage et des meubles patinés, le déferlement du rétro-gaming ou encore les commémorations (muséales) d’un passé souvent idéalisé peuplent désormais notre quotidien. La nostalgie est pourtant bien plus qu’une simple rétrogradation temporelle, et c’est ce que les auteur·e·s de cet ouvrage entendent démontrer à travers des réflexions critiques et des cas d’études originaux et inédits. Comment comprendre la passion pour les photographies de maisons en ruines ? Qu’est ce qui nous pousse à regarder en boucle nos séries préférées ou celles de notre enfance ? Pourquoi écrire aujourd’hui une carte postale qui sera reçue en 2042 ? Voici quelques-unes des nombreuses questions auxquelles cet ouvrage collectif transdisciplinaire – le premier en langue française – propose d’offrir des pistes de réponse.Nostalgia became a major resource for contemporary media culture. Retro-tinted TV shows, the passion for vintage and patina furniture, retro-gaming waves or (institutional) commemorations of an often idealized past are an important part of our everyday life