Railway trip speeds and areal coverage. The emperor’s new clothes of effectivity?

• Published in: Journal of transport geography Vol. 39; pp. 121 - 130
• Main Authors: Brezina, Tadej, Knoflacher, Hermann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Access; Egress; Feeder lines; Mathematical models; Networks; Railroads; Railway; Railway engineering; Railways; Settlements; Timetables; Travel speed; Access; Railway; Egress; Feeder lines; Travel speed

•An overview on high speed line increase and regular line decrease is presented.•The impact of access/egress mode speeds on trip speeds is modelled.•The framework of trip distances, mainline speeds and node distances is set out.•A comparison of actual passenger trip speed in four different scenarios...