Europe's High Speed Trains - A Study in Geo-Economics

List of contents

Maps
Foreword by Michel Walrave
Preface and Acknowledgments
Europe: The Map and the Economy
Time in Transportation, Speed on Railways
Japan's Shinkansen: Where It All Began
France and the Train à Grande Vitesse
The Channel Tunnel, the London Problem, the United Kingdom
Italy, the Direttissime, Sistema Ad Alta Velocità
Germany and the Intercity Express
The European High Speed Train Network, the Alpine Wall, Switzerland, and Austria
Iberia and the Spanish Tren de Alta Velocidad
North and East and Elsewhere
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Mitchell P. Strohl

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell P. Strohl, Strohl Mitchell P.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1993
• EAN: 9780275942526
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94252-6
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; USA, Japan, Business, Canada, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Economic Geography, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, Railway transport industries, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades