What Could Go Wrong with the High-Speed Rail Lines in South-West Europe?
This paper offers an approach to measuring and determining the level of interconnectivity of transport networks by looking at the high-speed railways in Spain, which is part of the European Commission’s Priority Axis No3 of South-West Europe. The paper explores the development of the priority axis and measures its level of interconnectivity by using graph theory and the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software MAPINFO. From the calculated measures, the paper assesses the level of interconnectivity in Spain and explains what could go wrong with the high-speed rail lines of South-West Europe. In its final section the paper draws conclusions from the study and offers recommendation for future research and policymaking. The paper has strong academic and policy significance. It contributes to the research that has been carried out on the trans-European networks and in other modes of transport. This paper will help better understand the significance of interconnectivity in rail transport on a national and European level.
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Corporate Authors:
World Conference on Transport Research Society
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Authors:
- Price, Maria
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Conference:
- 11th World Conference on Transport Research
- Location: Berkeley CA, United States
- Date: 2007-6-24 to 2007-6-28
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 14p
- Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Geographic information systems; High speed rail; Policy making; Railroad trains
- Uncontrolled Terms: Interconnectivity
- Geographic Terms: Europe; Spain
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Policy; Railroads; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01117409
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:31PM