Comparative Evaluation of the Development, Current Situation and Investment Plans of High Speed Railways on National, Regional and International Basis

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 89 - 94, 10.04.2017

Mehmet Fatih Altan Mehmet Çağrı Kızıltaş

https://doi.org/10.29187/jscmt.2018.9

Abstract

Various investigations are aimed at creating more modern and efficient automobile and aircraft modes instead of railway passenger transport investments. However, the modal choice has an active role in social trends as well as technical developments. If the social system innovations can be applied and developed to the railway system, HSR can play a major role in the modern transportation system. There are many reasons to promote such a policy. The steel tyred rail system has a great effect. High-speed train technology has proven itself and is loved by the customer. It is available in a wide network of standard railways which can support and feed the HSR network. Railway dismantling reduces energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. As HSR technology (vehicles, train control systems etc) is already well developed, special technological development ideas are more focused on "service design, the removal of traditional obstacles and the strategic development of the HSR network” [1].

Keywords

Infrastructure, operation, modal distribution, comparative evaluation

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