The accessibility impact of a new High-Speed Rail line in the UK - a preliminary analysis of winners and losers

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-114

  Martínez Sanchez Mateos, Héctor S ^a   Givoni, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Conventional rail; High Speed Rail; Railway station

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRAVEL TIME;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867628770     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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