Abstract
This paper deals with a multidimensional examination of the infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, social, and environmental performances of high-speed rail (HSR) systems, including their overview, analysis of some real-life cases, and limited (analytical) modeling. The infrastructural performances reflect design and geometrical characteristics of the HSR lines and stations. The technical/technological performances relate to the characteristics of rolling stock, i.e., high-speed trains, and supportive facilities and equipment, i.e., the power supply, signaling, and traffic control and management system(s). The operational performances include the capacity and productivity of HSR lines and rolling stock, and quality of services. The economic performances refer to the HSR systems’ costs, revenues, and their relationship. The social performances relate to the impacts of HSR systems on the society such as congestion, noise, and safety, and their externalities, and the effects in terms of contribution to the local and global/country social-economic development. Finally, the environmental performances of the HSR systems reflect their energy consumption and related emissions of green house gases, land use, and corresponding externalities.
Highlights
The high-speed rail (HSR) systems as the rather innovative systems within the railway transport mode, as compared to its conventional passenger counterpart, have been developing worldwide (Europe, Far East-Asia, and United States of America (USA))
This paper deals with a multidimensional examination of the infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, social, and environmental performances of the above-mentioned HSR systems by providing their overview, analysis, and limited modeling
This paper has dealt with the multidimensional examination of infrastructural, technical/technological, operational, economic, social, and environmental performances of the HSR systems
Summary
The high-speed rail (HSR) systems as the rather innovative systems within the railway transport mode, as compared to its conventional (rail) passenger counterpart, have been developing worldwide (Europe, Far East-Asia, and United States of America (USA)). It is considered as the system providing regional, relatively frequent services operated at the speeds from 110 to 150 mph between the major and moderate population centers on the distances between 100 and 500 miles with some intermediate stops, grade separated with some dedicated and shared tracks using the positive train control technology [4, 5] In both cases, the HSR system has been expected to relieve congestion at the highways and airports, in the latter case by competing with the short- to medium-haul airline flights.
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