Railway Sciences (RS) is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research covering all aspects of railway, in association with China Academy of Railway Sciences and China Railway Society.We aim to serve the world's railway modernisation, promote high-level academic research and exchange, and display advanced achievements in basic theoretical research, and scientific and technological innovation. It is to provide a platform to publish original and significant papers on railway design and planning, civil engineering, equipment and systems, transportation operation and management and other related topics.