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The sensible connection from Amsterdam to Frankfurt will go via Eindhoven
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
January 9, 2025
The current train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt travels over Arnhem (450 km, 4 hours). But to reach Frankfurt in less than 2 hours, a route via Eindhoven will be the smarter choice. It will also enhance the economy of Eindhoven, an economic powerhouse of the region as well as the Netherlands.
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China unveils latest generation high-speed train
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
December 29, 2024
With the introduction of its newest generation high-speed train, China makes a great technological leap forward. With a top speed of 450 km/h the fastest train in the world, the new train aims to travel at an operational speed of 400 km/h. The journey Beijing – Shanghai (over 1,300 km) will consequently decrease from 4:20 hours to 3:30 hours in the future. Comparing it with Europe: traveling the equal distance Amsterdam – Florence (1,300 km) by train takes at least 14:00 hours. Next to its speed, the train also sets new global standards in the field of energy efficiency, noise reduction and safety.
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Vietnam aims to connect North and South by HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
October 12, 2024
Vietnam plans to connect the northern and southern part of the country by building 1,541 km of high-speed rail. With a design speed of 350 km/h, Ho Chi Minh City should be reached from Hanoi in five and a half hours, the ministry said. The project is seen as crucial and necessary infrastructure development, and will greatly improve accessibility, economic growth and sustainability.
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EU embraces ambition to connect Europe’s cities through HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 17, 2024
In May 2023, we launched a European Citizens Initiative to connect Europe’s capitals through HSR. Upon completion, we informed the European Commission of the results and our recommendations. The European Commission embraced the objective and recommendations, and included them in the Mission Letter (page 5) to the new European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport: “I would like you to put forward a plan for an ambitious European high-speed rail network to help connect EU capitals.”
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EU Competitiveness Report
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 9, 2024
Mario Draghi’s report “The future of European Competitiveness” reflects what HSR Netherlands has been communicating for years: Europe will have to modernize its long-distance rail to HSR, but is falling further and further behind. While China and the world keep expanding their high-speed rail, developments in the Netherlands and many other European countries are at a standstill. Therefore, in May 2023 we launched a European Citizens’ Initiative to connect all EU capitals to HSR, and shared our recommendations with the European Commission by letter dated May 30, 2024. In his report today, Draghi comes to the same conclusion: “A high-speed rail network connecting all EU capitals and major cities would enhance rail attractiveness and further increase investment needs“.
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India building HSR ambitiously
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
August 22, 2024
Between Mumbai and Ahmedabad (over 500 km), India is constructing high-speed rail. With an operational speed of 320 km/h, the distance will soon be covered within 2 hours. To save a nature reseerve and the densely populated city itself, a 21 km long tunnel under the sea is currently being constructed.
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Lessons from Spain: the route to successful HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
July 15, 2024
Chairman of High-Speed Rail Nederland is a guest on the NPO1 radio broadcast Spraakmakers. The cause of Spain’s success in HSR is being discussed, and thelessons other European countries can learn from it.
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Construction railway station Rail Baltica started
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
June 13, 2024
The foundation stone for a new railway station has been laid in the Estonian capital Tallinn. Designed by the famous Zaha Hadid Architects, the building will be the terminus of the Rail Baltica, a semi-high-speed rail (234 km/h) that will connect the Baltic capitals of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius with Warsaw. The 870-km-long rail line is expected to be completed by 2030.
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Letter to the European Commission
ECONOMY • SUSTAINABILITY
May 30, 2024
On May 31, 2024, the European Citizens’ Initiative to connect all European capitals by high-speed rail will end. The initiative was approved by the European Commission in 2023 and the letter provides an update on the outcome, developments and recommendations.
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Portugal will build 3 new HSR routes
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 15, 2024
The Portuguese government has decided to build 3 new HSR routes to connect both domestic and foreign destinations faster: Lisbon – Madrid (3:00), Lisbon – Porto (1:15) and Porto – Vigo (0:50). This will greatly reduce short-haul air traffic: 40 daily flights Lisbon – Madrid and 20 daily flights Porto – Lisbon will soon be reached faster by HSR.
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France builds new HSR between Bordeaux – Toulouse
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 13, 2024
France commenced construction of a new high-speed rail line that will reduce travel time between Bordeaux – Toulouse to 1 hour. The all-new track will be reserved for passenger traffic, will have an operational speed of 320 km/h, and will be completed by 2032. It will strengthen the region’s economy and further reduce short-haul air traffic.
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Construction HSR between Los Angeles and Las Vegas started
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
April 23, 2024
Construction of a new high-speed (320 km/h) line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas started yesterday. When the route is completed in 2028, car and air traffic will be significantly reduced. As a result, 800 million pounds lessCO2 will be emitted annually, said Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
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Strategic European report also seeks to connect European capitals to HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
April 10, 2024
Enrico Letta, former prime minister of Italy and current president of the Jacques Delors Institute, has produced a strategy for the European Single Market at the request of the European Commission. In line with our European Citizens Initiative launched in May 2023, he advises,“The coming years must prioritize the planning, funding, and implementation of a major plan to connect the European capitals with high-speed rail.”
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South Korea builds own high-speed train for 320 km/h
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
April 2, 2024
South Korea, using HSR since 2008, has unveiled a new high-speed train. Designed and manufactured entirely in South Korea, the new train travels at 320 km/h. The improved speed will further reduce travel times, so more travelers will choose the sustainable train over the car or plane.
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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait want to connect their capitals by HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
April 1, 2024
To travel from Riyadh to Kuwait in 2 hours (650 km) and create sustainable transportation, both countries want to connect their capitals by HSR. Currently, most of the travel between the two destinations is done by air, which hardly costs anything in the oil-rich countries. Saudi Arabia already uses a HSR network between Mecca, Jeddah and Medina since 2018. The new route should be completed by 2028.
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Russia starts construction HSR Moscow – St Petersburg
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
March 15, 2024
Russia is starting construction of a high-speed rail line between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Currently the route is covered by semi-highspeed rail, which means the fastest train will take 3:30 hours at a maximum of 250 km/h. After the construction of 679 km of high-speed rail, the distance will be covered in about 2:15 hours. The old rail route will then be cleared for freight transport.
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$8.2 billion funding for HSR in California and Nevada
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
December 17, 2023
The White House is providing $8.2 billion to build more HSR in the United States. To travel at 350 km/h (220 mph) between Los Angeles and San Francisco is funded at $3 billion, and anotheranother $3 billion to travel from Los Angeles to Las Vegas within 2 hours (400 km).
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Opening new HSR route between Madrid and Asturias
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
November 29, 2023
Following completion of the 25-km Pajares Base Tunnel through the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain has another high-speed rail line. The tunnel is among the longest in the world, and received significant EU funding for construction, acoustic installations and safety measures. Thanks to the new high-speed rail, travel times between Madrid and Oviedo will be reduced by almost 2 hours.
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Aboard Indonesia’s new HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
November 6, 2023
Discover how fast and comfortable travel between Jakarta and Bandung has recently become. Thanks to Indonesia’s new HSR (350 km/h), travel time is now reduced to 45 minutes only (previously 3 hours).
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Election programs ready: four political parties aim for a European HSR network
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
October 24, 2023
England’s HSR fiasco reflects country’s grim economic reality
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
October 5, 2023
In 1825, England became the first country in the world to introduce the train, beginning a new era. With shorter travel times, improved trade routes and good connections between major cities, it brought England economic growth and prosperity. But now, 200 years later, its government is halting construction of a high-speed rail project to northern England, putting it behind other developed economies and missing out on new economic growth. Article from CNN.
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Indonesia opens first HSR in Southeast Asia
ECONOMY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
October 2, 2023
Today, Indonesia opened the first high-speed rail in Southeast Asia. The track connects Jakarta to Bandung, the country’s largest cities, and is capable of speeds of 350 km/h.
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China tests trains for 450 mph
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 17, 2023
While achieving HSR above 300 km/h remains a challenge for many European countries, China’s main trains have been running at 350 km/h for years. To allow trains to replace aircraft at longer distances as well, China is developing a train for speeds of 450 km/h. Recently, these new trains have been tested on bridges, through tunnels and driving from opposite directions, and were successfully completed at 453 km/h.
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Trenitalia wants to compete on HSR Brussels – Amsterdam. And more HSR to connect European cities
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
August 21, 2023
Carlo Palasciano Villamagna, chief international officer of the Italian train company FS, wants to compete with Eurostar on the Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam route. And in the future to Berlin when HSR is built there. Competition leads to lower fares, and substitution of short-haul flights with clean high-speed trains.
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Interview at Spraakmakers (NPO1): how to travel faster from Amsterdam to Enschede and Berlin
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
July 18, 2023
Rector Magnificus of the University of Amsterdam (and formerly of the University of Twente) Peter-Paul Verbeek wonders why the train journey from Enschede to Amsterdam takes so long. In an interview with Radio Channel NPO1, the chairman of High-Speed Rail Netherlands gives the answer. And what we as citizens ourselves can do to make a change.
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Deutsche Bahn’s vision for 2050: a metropolitan HSR network for a closer Europe
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
Deutsche Bahn, together with other European railroads, has released a vision for 2050. Through a “European Metropolitan Network,” capable of speeds of 300 km/h and higher, metropolitan areas are to be connected.
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EU awards first budget for Polish HSR project
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
June 30, 2023
The European Commission awards 64 million euros for the planning phase of a high-speed rail link between Warsaw and Łódź. Poland wants to extend the link to Prague, as well as to Berlin, the Baltics, Bratislava and Gdansk. A total of 2,000 km of HSR is involved.“In 20 years, Poland’s rail network can be better than in the countries of the ‘old’ European Union, where investments in this means of transport were neglected for years,” said Kristian Schmidt, the EU’s top transport official.
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High-speed tunnel between Europe and Africa gets EU feasibility funding
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
June 16, 2023
Both Spain and Morocco have HSR networks, and want to connect these for a high-speed train between Madrid and Casablanca. To do so, they are exploring the possibilities for an HSR tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, similar to the Channel Tunnel between France and England.
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The Netherlands missed the trend of high-speed lines: “you don’t feel any progress until the train leaves the Netherlands”
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
The Dutch rail network has reached its limit. Essential infrastructure has been maintained and also expanded, but not kept up with the times. The Netherlands missed the trend of high-speed lines: “those who take the Eurostar or ICE train only feel the progress when the train leaves the Netherlands and the speed suddenly increases.” Article from NRC.
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100th European Citizens Initiative launched: connect European capitals by High-Speed Rail
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY
May 30, 2023
On May 30, the 100th European Citizens’ Initiative was launched, calling to connect Europe’s capitals by high-speed rail. Would you like the European Commission to commit to this objective? Then, put your signature via the link below and comtribute to Europe’s future yourself.
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China’s high-speed rail the world’s most comfortable, says former UN official
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 1, 2023
Erik Solheim, former Environment Minister of Norway, and former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, says there is no better way to travel than with China’s HSR. “From your comfortable seat, the beautiful scenery glides past you. In addition, it is good for the environment because it eliminates short-haul flights and travels much more comfortably than by car. ”
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European High-Speed Rail network crucial for sustainable mobility
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY
April 3, 2023
Recent research indicates that investing in a comprehensive European high-speed rail network will greatly reduce the carbon footprint of passenger transportation. To achieve that goal, European capitals and other major cities must be connected.
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Increased competition on Spanish HSR: ticket Madrid – Alicante from only 7 euros
ECONOMY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
March 8, 2023
Due to increased competition on Spain’s high-speed rail, fares are decreasing. Low-cost provider AVLO, part of state-owned RENFE, is offering Madrid – Alicante tickets for 7 euros. Two other low-cost providers, Iryo and Ouigo, are expected to stunt with similar fares soon.
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Lecture on High-Speed Rail in Amsterdam
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
March 3, 2023
In 50 minutes to Groningen, 2 hours to Hamburg and 2.5 hours to Berlin: on March 7, the chairman of High-Speed Rail Netherlands will speak at the Royal Industrieele Groote Club about the possibilities to connect Amsterdam with Hamburg, Copenhagen, Berlin and Frankfurt by high-speed rail. Further, the consequent economic growth, increased sustainability of transportation and relief of Schiphol Airport will be addressed. He will also share an overview of what other countries have achieved, and the ambitious projects they are currently working on.
High-Speed Rail Netherlands speaks at European Parliament in Brussels
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
January 26, 2023
At the invitation of MEP Dorien Rookmaker, Rogier Vergouwen spoke on behalf of High-Speed Rail Netherlands in the European Parliament on January 26, 2023. He explained the economic benefits of High-Speed Rail, as well as sustainability and the benefits for European citizens.
Spain introduces 4th competitor on its high-speed rail system
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
November 29, 2022
Spain welcomes a fourth competitor on its HSR-tracks. Competition is not new: Italy and France allow (foreign) competition on its HSR too. It resulted in lower passenger fares and increased substitution from air and car travel to the faster and cleaner high-speed train.
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Portugal presents HSR project Lisbon – Porto
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 28, 2022
Today, the Prime Minister of Portugal presented a project to connect Lisbon and Oporto by HSR. The distance of 330 km, still covered in 2:49 with the current express train, can thus be travelled in 1:15. New track will have to be built to relieve the existing congested track and achieve a speed of 300 km/h.
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Current HSR technology makes 200 km reachable within 40 minutes
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 31, 2022
China is leading in substituting short-haul flights and automobile traffic by high-speed rail. Guangzhu and Shangtu, 200 km apart, are connected in 40 minutes thanks to HSR. In the Netherlands, that means you could travel from Amsterdam to Groningen in 40 minutes, or from Amsterdam to Hamburg in an hour and a half. And in 2:40 hours from Amsterdam to Copenhagen.
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How HSR substituted air traffic between Rome and Milan
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 12, 2022
Like France and Spain, Italy has an extensive high-speed rail network, which has allowed environmentally friendly trains to out-compete short-distance air travel.
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China’s successful high-speed network
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
February 9, 2022
Although China had no high-speed rail at all in the year 2000 and was decades behind countries such as Japan, France and Italy, it now has 40,000 km of high-speed rail in operation. That is 67% of all high-speed rail worldwide. An article by CNN on China’s success.
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Hamburg – Copenhagen travel time from 4.5 hours to 2.5 hours
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
January 5, 2022
With the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, which is currently being built under the Baltic Sea and is also being made suitable for high-speed rail, travel times between Hamburg and Copenhagen will reduce from four and a half hours to two and a half hours.
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From terminus to economic hub
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
November 11, 2021
How high-speed rail contributes to economic growth for both the urban west of the Netherlands and its less populated regions, reduces emissions ofCO2, nitrogen and particulates, and relieves its congested Schiphol Airport. Including an international comparison, both within Europe and worldwide.
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KLM skeptical of current international trains
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
October 29, 2021
Current international trains from the Netherlands are far too slow to compete with air travel. London and Brussels (both connected y HSRb network from Amsterdam) Mr Elbers still sees as possible train destinations, but to Berlin (no HSR, 6 hours travel time) the train is far too slow.
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Italy invests heavily in HSR network expansion
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
April 22, 2021
Italian Prime Minister Draghi aims for an economic and green revolution, thanks to an investment plan which the EU is offering to all its member states. Italy is spending a significant part of this budget to further expand its high-speed rail network.
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French Parliament bans flights to destinations accessible by high-speed rail
SUSTAINABILITY
April 12, 2021
France has an excellent high-speed rail network connecting major cities at home and abroad. The National Assembly passed a law prohibiting flights to destinations that can be reached within two and a half hours by train.
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The cleanest form of transportation
SUSTAINABILITY
October 13, 2020
Often, transport modes are compared based on selective data. For example, by only measuringCO2 and ignoring other emissions. Or by excluding emissions “at altitude”: an airplane shows then better results, since it is the only means of transport that makes the bulk of the journey above 3 km altitude. New research by the British government gives a complete overview. And HSR (Eurostar) is by far the cleanest.
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HSR connecting Amsterdam/Paris to London saves 60,000 flights a year
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
March 5, 2020
Thanks to high-speed rail between Europe and Britain, 750,000 tons lessCO2 is emitted annually than with air travel, research shows.
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Average speed of European trains between major cities
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
December 30, 2019
Map showing average speed trains between the country’s largest city and the next 5 largest cities. At a glance it is clear which countries have modernized its long-distance railways to HSR, which have achieved less solid constructions, which have barely constructed it and which have not.
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Al Boraq: aboard Morocco’s HSR
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 27, 2019
On November 15, 2018, Morocco opened its high-speed rail line from Tangier to Kenitra, Rabat and Casablanca. Capable of speeds of 320 km/h, it cuts travel times in half. In the coming years, Morocco plans to further expand its high-speed rail to Marrakech, Agadir, Fez and Algiers.
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Professors Spatial Economics: HSR to Groningen profitable
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY
September 5, 2019
Paul Elhorst, professor of Spatial Economics, and Jan Oosterhaven, professor emeritus of Spatial Economics, indicate that an HSR to Groningen will be profitable. Multiple studies support that.
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World Bank: what other countries can learn from China
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
July 8, 2019
China has built an extensive high-speed rail network in a short time. With it, it is still successfully competing with air travel at distances of 1,200 km. Although before construction, economists strongly disagreed about whether HSR would be profitable, in retrospect it turns out that annual returns are 8%.
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Air France loses market share to high-speed rail
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
May 13, 2019
Travelers from Paris are increasingly choosing high-speed trains over air travel. On routes where high-speed trains reach destinations within two hours, Air France has lost 90% of its market share to the TGV.
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A European high-speed rail network
SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 22, 2018
Engineering firm Royal Haskoning has calculated that many European destinations can be reached by high-speed rail. As a result, high-speed rail line can replace both air and car traffic. But Europe will have to cooperate more for its construction.
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Interview with CEOs of KLM and Dutch Railways
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT – ECONOMY
June 22, 2018
KLM CEO Pieter Elbers and Roger van Boxtel of NS advocate that travel from Amsterdam to destinations like Brussels, Paris, London and Berlin should become faster by train than by plane. It is good for the economy as well as the environment.
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The train to Frankfurt until Cologne is something of a commuter train
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
February 6, 2018
On short distances, the top executives of KLM and Schiphol Airport prefer the train to the plane. But that will require construction of high-speed rail to our eastern neighbors: the current journey to Frankfurt takes almost three hours up to Cologne (250 km), while the last 200 km to Frankfurt is covered by high-speed rail in an hour.
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KLM top executive: HSR can replace short-haul flights
SUSTAINABILITY – SCHIPHOL AIRPORT
January 10, 2018
Back in 2018, an overcrowded Schiphol Airport raised concerns for KLM chief Pieter Elbers. He indicated that HSR is a solid alternative for destinations such as Düsseldorf and Brussels. The only condition is that trains will run reliably and efficiently.
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International train ambitions of the Netherlands vs. abroad
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
December 14, 2017
The Netherlands’ current international ambitions are low. At distances longer than 500 kilometers, air travel no longer has any competition, while in China’s high-speed trains still successfully compete with air travel at 1,200 kilometers.
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HSR Munich – Berlin: brand new but inefficient
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
December 12, 2017
Germany has opened a brand new high-speed line between Munich and Berlin. But because of a detour via Erfurt, the route has become 625km long, 2 billion more expensive and due to many stops, the train also takes far too long: 4 hours.
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Turkey opens new HSR railway station in Ankara
ECONOMY – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
October 29, 2016
Turkey has opened a dedicated HSL station in Ankara. The country has had HSR since 2009, initially between Ankara and Eskişehir, but quickly expanded it to include Ankara – Konya (2011), Konya-Eskişehir, Ankara-Istanbul (2013), and Konya-Istanbul (2014). Turkey is the 8th country in the world with HSR, and the 6th in Europe.
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High-speed rail keeps Chinese regions’ economic growth on track
ECONOMY – INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
June 23, 2015
To enhance economic growth, China is building several high-speed rail links to its regions. A new service provides the first express link between Beijing and Guangxi, a heavily deprived region. The service, primarily designed to support the economic development of the autonomous region, has been very successful and there are now plans to expand coverage.
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The world’s first high-speed train celebrates 50 years
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
September 30, 2014
On October 1, 1964, Japan introduced the world’s first high-speed train, the Shinkansen. It is an unprecedented economic success: according to an analysis 30 years after introduction (1994), 400 million hours per year are saved in time alone, creating an economic value of 500 billion yen.
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The difference in success between French and German high-speed rail explained
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
June 11, 2007