This book contains the papers included in the proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on High-speed and Intercity Railways (IWHIR 2011) held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China from July 19 to July 22, 2011, which is organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in collaboration with Southwest Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Dalian Jiaotong University, China Engineering Consultants, Inc., Zhejiang University, and Tsinghua University. Continuing the great initiatives and momentums of the rapid development in high-speed and intercity railways worldwide in recent years, IWHIR 2011 aims at providing a platform for academic scholars and practicing engineers to share knowledge and experience, to promote collaboration, and to strengthen R&D activities related to railway engineering. Engineers, scientists, professors, and students from universities, research institutes, and related industrial companies have been cordially invited to participate in the workshop. These papers have covered a wide range of issues concerning high-speed and intercity railways in the theoretical, numerical, and experimental work pertaining to high-speed and intercity railways. Showcasing diversity and quality, these papers report the state-of-the-art and point to future directions of research and development in this exciting area.

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From the content: Advance in coupling vibration of wind-vehicle-bridge systems.- Semi-active control and its robustness for a bogie model with uncertain parameters.- The reasonable fastener damping of Ballastless Turnout's vibration decrease and noise reduction of 350 km/h passenger dedicated line.- High speed train bogie wheel-rail relative vibration with bench reconstruction technology.- Research on high-speed railway passenger dedicated service system core technologies.- The research and implementation of itercity railway ticketing system.- A study on intelligent onboard rail passenger service systems.- Research on transit operation platform for high-speed rail.