Issues of Assessing a Feasibility of Building High-speed Railway Lines in Areas with Low Population Density

Abstract

The purpose and objectives of this work are to consider the factors that determine a socio-economic efficiency of building High-speed Railway Lines (HSRL), conducting their systematization, analysis of effects that occur during the operation of high-speed rail transport, their essences, a mechanism of occurrence, a positive impact on economy. A scientific novelty of the research lies in the author’s attempt to justify a feasibility of creating high-speed transport even in regions with a population density that does not provide a quick payback of invested funds, conducting a classification of effects of HSRL, their detailed consideration. Provisions and conclusions of this work allow us more fully and objectively establish a social significance of HSRL, enrich design methodology and perhaps even accelerate an execution of existing projects in Russia, what characterizes its practical significance. Using analytical, logical, hypothetical and axiomatic research methods of research the current provisions in scientific literature and practice concerning developments in a field of creating high-speed rail transport, author makes an attempt to supplement and clarify the meaningful meaning of a socio-economic justification of effectiveness of HSRL.