After successful completion of the course, students are able to use the basic concepts of railway construction and maintenance. Furthermore, the components of the superstructure, with a special focus on local traffic in Vienna (subway and tram) and the main railway in Austria, their requirements and the measures for their maintenance are to be described. 

definitions, properties and construction of track systems, basics of railway construction and maintenance of railway

Lecture with practical examples, discussion with students, lectures by external speakers, illustration of the topic with the help of an excursion.

For organizational reasons you will be asked to sign up for these LVA in TISS!

The performance test is based on a written examination.

The documents for the lecture (handouts of presentations or a script) are downloadable in TISS in the lecture week.

For the lecture no previous experience is required. The completion of the course railways is recommended.