High-speed rail

Roberto Palacin

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 186-187 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This entry provides an overview of the main characteristics that differentiate high-speed rail (HSR) from other types of railways, e.g., infrastructure, operation, signalling. It also offers a concise contextualisation of the wider aspects defining HSR, such as its socioeconomic and territorial cohesion role.

Keywords: High-speed rail; Decarbonisation; Railways; Transport; Energy efficiency; Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
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