Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study

The objective of the present paper is to assess the railway investment project in Spain for the Santander-Madrid route, using the Cost-Benefit Analysis method. The paper aims at answering the following question - what is more viable: a High Speed Train for passengers between Santander and Madrid, or...

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Autores: Coto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394, Casares Hontañón, Pedro|||0000 0003 5636 2740, Inglada López de Sabando, Vicente
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:High speed train
High performance train
Cost-benefit analysis
Demand
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spelling Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of studyCoto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394Casares Hontañón, Pedro|||0000 0003 5636 2740Inglada López de Sabando, VicenteHigh speed trainHigh performance trainCost-benefit analysisDemandThe objective of the present paper is to assess the railway investment project in Spain for the Santander-Madrid route, using the Cost-Benefit Analysis method. The paper aims at answering the following question - what is more viable: a High Speed Train for passengers between Santander and Madrid, or rather a High Performance Train for passengers and cargo between Santander and Madrid? Being able to answer this question is clearly key information for investment decision making in the field of government's or country's transport policy. In this study, a Cost-Benefit Analysis with two options for the railway project has been calculated: only passengers and combined passengers-cargo. In this case, results favour the passengers-cargo option rather than its alternative.Bentham OpenUniversidad de Cantabria20122012-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/4521The Open Transportation Journal, 2012, Volume 6, pp. 23-30reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/45212026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
title Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
spellingShingle Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
Coto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394
High speed train
High performance train
Cost-benefit analysis
Demand
title_short Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
title_full Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
title_fullStr Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
title_full_unstemmed Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
title_sort Economic assessment of railway policies: high speed or high-performance. A case of study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Coto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394
Casares Hontañón, Pedro|||0000 0003 5636 2740
Inglada López de Sabando, Vicente
author Coto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394
author_facet Coto Millán, Pablo|||0000-0002-8126-0394
Casares Hontañón, Pedro|||0000 0003 5636 2740
Inglada López de Sabando, Vicente
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author2 Casares Hontañón, Pedro|||0000 0003 5636 2740
Inglada López de Sabando, Vicente
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv High speed train
High performance train
Cost-benefit analysis
Demand
topic High speed train
High performance train
Cost-benefit analysis
Demand
description The objective of the present paper is to assess the railway investment project in Spain for the Santander-Madrid route, using the Cost-Benefit Analysis method. The paper aims at answering the following question - what is more viable: a High Speed Train for passengers between Santander and Madrid, or rather a High Performance Train for passengers and cargo between Santander and Madrid? Being able to answer this question is clearly key information for investment decision making in the field of government's or country's transport policy. In this study, a Cost-Benefit Analysis with two options for the railway project has been calculated: only passengers and combined passengers-cargo. In this case, results favour the passengers-cargo option rather than its alternative.
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