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Passenger numbers of Chinese domestic rail increase by 10% annually with most of it coming out of HSR services (Babones 2018)

Passenger numbers of Chinese domestic rail increase by 10% annually with most of it coming out of HSR services (Babones 2018)

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This work examines the environmental impacts of the High-Speed Railway (HSR) system operated by the Chinese Railway High-Speed company (CRH1). Hereby, a focus is set on both CO2 emissions and air pollution. The study especially takes into account the effects of railway electrification, traffic management, capital commitment, diversification of the...

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... 2007, the CRH network sees double-digit growth rates on ridership in HSR trains, see While growth rates and absolute numbers of CRH ridership seem impressive in the first place, scholars claim that still 80% of long-distance travel in China is made by long-distance buses, which are more affordable. Although train tickets aren't expensive in comparison to Growth rates in Chinese air travel remain behind HSR travel in both relative and absolute terms, see Figure 4. This trend is contrary to the developments in most other industrialized nations -even those with HSR services, which only see little growth outside of China (World Bank 2019aUIC 2019aUIC , 2011Eurocontrol 2018). ...

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