AFFORDABLE HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS FOR UK

A civil engineering design project was started at Liverpool JM University in 1996 to design an affordable high speed railway between London and NW England. The project is intended to be commercially financed and would run trains at 200mph at a cost of about #2000 million, excluding signalling and rolling stock. The alignment identified would require the co-operation of major private and public sector enterprises. The new alignment could carry piggyback traffic overnight when high speed passenger trains were not operating. A typical London-Manchester journey time would be about 70 minutes. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123713.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • LESLEY, L
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2001, HELD LONDON, UK, 30 APRIL - 1 MAY 2001 - CDROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Intercity transportation; Night; Passenger trains; Planning; Railroad tracks; Speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1163: High speed; 388: Inter urban; 9052: Night; 1275: Passenger train; 143: Planning; 1062: Railway track; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00985517
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-45-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 4 2005 12:00AM