Political Will and Economic Necessity? The Construction of High-Speed Rail Networks in Portugal and East Germany-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Political Will and Economic Necessity? The Construction of High-Speed Rail Networks in Portugal and East Germany

Published:2022-12-30 Issue:1 Volume:23 Page:19-34
ISSN:1804-1663
Container-title:Review of Economic Perspectives
language:en
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Author:

Szobi Pavel¹,Nigrin Tomáš²,Oravec Juraj³

Affiliation:

1. Department of North American Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences , Charles University , Pekařská 10, 158 00 Prague , Czechia

2. Department of German and Austrian Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences , Charles University , Pekařská 10, 158 00 Prague , Czechia

3. Marketing Section, Regional and Suburban Transport Department , Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s., Slovakiam Rožňavská 1, 832 72 Bratislava 3 , Slovakia , +421911105780

Abstract

Abstract This article aims two EU member countries (i.e. Portugal and Germany) from different regions in Europe which have, for decades, been following common strategies regarding HSR development. The authors discuss the economic profitability vs. political aims, which were related to rail modernization. The text outlines the historic background of early railway construction, important milestones for a new level of rail planning in the 1980s and 1990s in both Portugal and Germany and delays in the realization of HSR projects, their rising costs, and the opposition of the public against the new lines. The experience of the countries under scope serves as an example for other EU members who have plans to take part in the Trans-European Transport Network.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/revecp-2022-0017

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