Special aspects of expansion of global high-speed railways: a study of Japan
- Authors: Izvarin M.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg state transport university
- Issue: Vol 11, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 186-201
- Section: Original studies
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/transj/article/view/311280
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/transsyst683382
- ID: 311280
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Abstract
Background. The main way to improve the performance of railway systems is to increase the speed. When increasing speed, we reduce labor costs, turnaround time and increase profit. In passenger transportation, the most efficient are high-speed railways (HSR, or высокоскоростные магистрали in Russian). Over the past 60 years, the high-speed railway network has been actively developing in various countries of the world, allowing to analyze statistics on their construction and operation.
AIM. To identify the patterns of high-speed railway development that will allow optimizing high-speed transportation solutions both during the construction of the first Russian HSR (St. Petersburg–Moscow) and further development of the HSR network in Russia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. Statistics of the International Union of Railways (UIC); statistics of national railway companies. Mathematical methods include least square method, covariance method, and Pearson correlation analysis.
RESULTS. A mathematical description of HSR expansion was developed based on a case study of Japan.
CONCLUSION. The study may be used to assess the global development of HSRs.
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##article.viewOnOriginalSite##About the authors
Mikhail Y. Izvarin
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg state transport university
Author for correspondence.
Email: misha3568723@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-5638-3867
SPIN-code: 7753-5243
Cand. Sci. (Engineering), Docent
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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