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JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 157-165Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.06.008
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High-speed rail; Regional development; Station location; Border regions
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High-speed rail has developed both nationally and internationally in Europe as a successful alternative to both air and road over distances of 400-600 km. Inter-city traffic, especially between the major metropolitan areas in North-west Europe has benefitted greatly from the investment in this network. This paper explores two issues: the impact on the intermediate areas between these major metropolitan areas and the creation of potential cross-border inter-regional services. The evidence shows how both levels of service and potential economic impacts have been much less pronounced in these intermediate areas. Such areas have been affected both by a failure to see greatly improved direct access to major cities other than within their own countries and a lack of new cross-border inter-regional services. The paper argues that the creation of the high-speed rail TEN-T has not met the primary objectives of reducing regional disparities in accessibility or reducing the effect of national borders on regional integration. To achieve this requires not just infrastructure provision but an appropriate regulatory framework for service provision and accompanying measures at the local level. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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