Some Stylized Facts about High Speed Rail around the World

After collecting information on 166 high speed rail (HSR) projects across the world, this paper examines some of the most relevant empirical issues related to development of this mode in recent years. The paper first discusses the economic definition of HSR, trying to identify its different development and exploitation models. The next step consists on providing what could be considered a representative cost of building high-speed infrastructure. A similar analysis is carried out regarding operating, maintenance and external costs. The paper finally studies current demand and its projections, and try to draw some patterns about its future evolution, particularly in the 2020 horizon.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Campos, Javier
  • de Rus, Gines
  • Barron, Ignacio
• 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; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 47p
• Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Data collection; Empirical methods; Forecasting; High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Infrastructure; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Economics; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01117397
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2008 12:31PM