HighSpeed Rail for CEE Countries

TOMEŠ, Zdeněk, Martin KVIZDA, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ and Tomáš NIGRIN. HighSpeed Rail for CEE Countries. 2016.

Basic information

• Original name: HighSpeed Rail for CEE Countries
• Name in Czech: Vysokorychlostní železnice pro země střední a Východní Evropy.
• Authors: TOMEŠ, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin KVIZDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniel SEIDENGLANZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš NIGRIN (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: 2016.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Organization of a conference
• Field of Study: 50703 Transport planning and social aspects of transport
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/16:00094405
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Keywords in English: HighSpeed Rail; CentraL European Countries;railway industry
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

The European transport strategy promotes the role of railways whereas the key role in passenger transport should be played by high speed lines (HSL). While the core network of high speed lines has already been built up and operated in Western Europe, there Central and Eastern Europe. The region thus offers opportunities for new HSL investment. On the other hand, the construction of HSL is very capitalintensive. Besides that the economic level of Central and Eastern European countries is much lower than in their Therefore, there is a question where and when it is worth to build up HSL in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Links

• TD03000061, research and development project: Name: Význam regionálních terminálů vysokorychlostních tratí pro hustotu dopravních proudů a teritoriální soudržnost.

Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic