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Clean Rail Transportation Options

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Transportation has been a critical issue to the humankind over the centuries, and it has shaped the past, is shaping the present, and will definitely shape the future. Human activities depend essentially on transportation; movement of goods and commodities, persons, and even communication via mail delivery services.

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Dincer, I., Hogerwaard, J., Zamfirescu, C. (2016). Rail Transportation. In: Clean Rail Transportation Options. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21726-0_2

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