Independent report

Report about the economic impact of HS2

A paper written for HS2 Ltd on the economic impacts of HS2, by Bridget Rosewell (Volterra Partners) & Tony Venables (University of Oxford).

From:
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Published
1 April 2014

Documents

High Speed Rail, Transport Investment and Economic Impact

PDF, 282 KB, 15 pages

Details

This paper focuses on the impact of new railway investments in the UK, in particular HS2 (High Speed Two). It also discusses how a new high speed railway network would:

  • Reduce times between city centres (and edge of cities)
  • Increase capacity between cities
  • Shift mode share for existing trips
  • Free up train paths on the existing network for commuter and freight trains
Published 1 April 2014

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