In recent years, China has built the longest and most heavily used high-speed rail network in the world. But many cities’ high-speed rail stations are located in suburbs, and the loss of time affects the efficiency of the high-speed rail. The author analyzes the stations of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railways and Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railways to estimate the distance and transfer time from a high-speed rail station to downtown areas, indicating the accessibility impact caused by the suburbanization of the high-speed rail stations. The study suggests that the suburbanization of high-speed railway station is mainly attributed to the lack of integrated transport planning, development of the new districts in a city, as well as the purpose to reduce the cost of land and engineering.
Accessibility Impact of the Suburbanization of High-Speed Rail Stations in China
15th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2015 ; Beijing, China
CICTP 2015 ; 3931-3938
2015-07-13
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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