… of the costs and benefits of high speed rail, of how they are … economic success for high speed
rail projects are construction … the case for high speed rail surrounds the possibility of wider …

The development of High Speed Rail (HSR) in Europe has been encouraged, and financially
supported, by the European Commission. HSR technology is presented as a solution to …

… This paper deals with public investment in High-Speed Rail (HSR) infrastructure and tries to
… case for investing in HSR requires several conditions to be met: an ex ante high volume of …

… high but creates very large capacity (assuming 12 trains per hour with 700 passengers per
train gives 8400 passengers per hour) high speed rail … more economic the higher the traffic …

… whilst the load factor given for high speed rail of 0.49 may be typical of Germany, where
high speed trains spend a lot of their time running at conventional speeds on traditional track, …

… This round table was convened to examine the key factors that drive the costs of High Speed
Rail (HSR) investment and review the economic benefits delivered by HSR services. This …

… that may be considering high-speed rail investments. China was the first country with a
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita below US$7,000 to invest in developing an HSR …

… High-Speed Rail (HSR) investment is a government decision with significant effects on the
generalised cost of rail … HSR investment is not different to any other public investment decision…

… proposed rises in fuel prices will be used to maintain high levels of investment. The usefulness
of continuing to invest in high speed rail just to provide competition with road and air is …

… All over the world, governments of different political orientation are investing in high speed
rail (HSR) infrastructure. In some countries the enthusiasm is more intense than in others. …