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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Political Will and Economic Necessity? The Construction of High-Speed Rail Networks in Portugal and East Germany
Beteiligte:
Szobi, Pavel;
Nigrin, Tomáš;
Oravec, Juraj
Erschienen:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023
Erschienen in:
Review of Economic Perspectives, 23 (2023) 1, Seite 19-34
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.2478/revecp-2022-0017
ISSN:
1804-1663
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Abstract This article aims two EU member countries (i.e. Portugal and Germany) from different regions in Europe which have, for decades, been following common strategies regarding HSR development. The authors discuss the economic profitability vs. political aims, which were related to rail modernization. The text outlines the historic background of early railway construction, important milestones for a new level of rail planning in the 1980s and 1990s in both Portugal and Germany and delays in the realization of HSR projects, their rising costs, and the opposition of the public against the new lines. The experience of the countries under scope serves as an example for other EU members who have plans to take part in the Trans-European Transport Network.