A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10
million people. The number of megacities is increasing worldwide. In most agglomerations …

The original main aim of high-speed rail (HSR) was to link big metropolitan areas 400–600
km apart. Recently, intermediate HSR stations have also been created in suburban areas or …

High-speed rail (HSR) is the transport innovations that can be observed over the last 200
years and was designed as an alternative to inter-metropolitan transport systems, many of …

This chapter presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the
preceding chapters of this book. The book explains that transport capacity between major …

The development of high-speed rail (HSR) networks is leading to a very complex situation in
terms of network configuration and the variety of services. This new panorama presents very …

High-speed rail (HSR) can potentially transform the geography of a country, bringing regions
and cities closer to each other by improving accessibility. Such benefits in turn can be the …

High-speed rail (HSR) started developing in Europe in the late 1970s, first in France and
Italy, and subsequently in Germany, Spain and the UK, among others. In the early stages, its …

Three years after the publication, in April 2009, of the first American High Speed Rail (HSR)
Strategic Plan, the only HSR line to be constructed in the USA, according to international …

In the literature many definitions of megacities and mega-regions are proposed (Urena et al.,
2009; Pagliara et al., 2011). For example, Hall (2009) defines a mega city region as a …

High speed rail is a good example of a complex social-technical system, it combines high
technology with social institutions to provide transport service. However, in spite of advances …