本文回顾了欧洲高速铁路的发展历史,包括国家层面上的高铁网络如何发展和解决各种问题;在此基础上,介绍了高速铁路概念的变化,其目标在于为航空和短距离通勤提供补充性的服务;最后,介绍了高铁网络扩张过程中所面临的经济和评估问题,以及与欧盟的综合交通网络规划的关系。
This paper reviews the development of high-speed rail in Europe. It examines how the network has developed on an essentially national basis to address specific prob-lems, how the concept of high-speed rail has changed through time to provide both more complementarity with air and shorter distance commuter services, the economic and ap-praisal problems expansion of the network faces and how this relates to the EU master plan for trans-European transport networks.