Conventional versus high-speed: Is it worth the effort?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F23%3A00131136" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/23:00131136 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.ctresources.info/ccc/download/ccc.9736.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.ctresources.info/ccc/download/ccc.9736.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4203/ccc.1.29.2" target="_blank" >10.4203/ccc.1.29.2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Conventional versus high-speed: Is it worth the effort?
Original language description
Our paper aims to contribute to the debate on conventional versus HSR in small countries like the Czech Republic, with a well-developed railway network on the one hand and relatively short distances for significant potential time savings on the other hand. The research is based on the relevant investment railway projects implemented during 2007–2013 and 2014–2020. Railway corridors were chosen to cover all open-access routes in the Czech Republic. They cover routes from the capital city of Prague to all regional centres in the eastern part of the Czech Republic – two metropolitan centres of Brno and Ostrava and two regional centres of Olomouc and Zlín. We analyse the impacts of the implemented investment projects on the change of the average travel times and their costs. Our results consider time savings converted to one minute of travel time saved per hundred kilometres of the rail route. We document that modernising conventional railways is a realistic option for a small country like the Czech Republic; on the other hand, HSR represents a rather theoretical option, as the costs of construction are extremely high, and potential benefits in the form of the increased ridership are unclear before it is finished. However, our results correspond to the expected ridership of 10.818 million passengers a year from Prague to Brno in 30 years to achieve economic effectiveness. Regarding daily ridership, we conclude that cost-effective implementation of HSR expects the demand growth from 13,400 to at least 30,000 passengers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50703 - Transport planning and social aspects of transport (transport engineering to be 2.1)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_026%2F0008430" target="_blank" >EF16_026/0008430: New Mobility - High-Speed Transport Systems and Transport-Related Human Behaviour</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance
ISBN
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ISSN
2753-3239
e-ISSN
2753-3239
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1-6
Publisher name
Civil-Comp Press
Place of publication
Edinburgh
Event location
Montpellier
Event date
Aug 25, 2022
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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