Train resistance and braking distance -- The alignment design of ordinary and high-speed railways -- The railway track -- Wheel-rail interaction and derailment analysis -- Introduction to railway track design -- Railway track deterioration and monitoring -- Basics of switches and crossings -- Railway lines and stations -- The railway bridges -- Railway tunnels -- Traffic management systems and railway capacity -- High-speed railways, maglev and hyperloop systems -- Metro rail systems -- Tramway systems -- People movers, monorails and rack railways.