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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Civil Engineering

2018

High speed rail

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Calculation Of Access Charge For High Speed Rail Xpresswest Of Nevada, Sameeksha Sapkota Dec 2018

Calculation Of Access Charge For High Speed Rail Xpresswest Of Nevada, Sameeksha Sapkota

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XpressWest is a High Speed Rail (HSR) system that plans to connect Las Vegas with California at Palmdale. It will utilize the railway network of the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) to connect Las Vegas with California destinations that include Los Angeles and San Francisco. For sharing the railway network of CAHSR, XpressWest will pay certain charge known as an access charge. The access charge is the fee paid by the train operator to the infrastructure owner for the addition of trains in a track. There are several access charge systems in the world. However, there is no study that …