Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................................................ iii
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................... iii
Disclaimer ................................................................................................................................................... iii
Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ iv
Summary .................................................................................................................................................. 1
1. A new milestone in passenger train travel ........................................................................................ 3
2. The story of high-speed rail .............................................................................................................. 3
3. China‟s high-speed rail system: from vision to delivery .................................................................. 5
4. System performance .......................................................................................................................... 9
5. High-speed rail and economic development ................................................................................... 15
6. Preconditions for new high-speed rail systems ............................................................................... 18
7. Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 20
Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................. 21