tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086624128165582510.post6675796695094474119..comments2023-09-09T00:26:22.835-07:00Comments on njak 100: HS2: the world’s busiest high speed railway?Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06437364068843189726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086624128165582510.post-7667609338685598042012-11-16T09:15:26.400-08:002012-11-16T09:15:26.400-08:00Fair dibs Miles, that figure was also cited by con...Fair dibs Miles, that figure was also cited by consultant David Burns in the September issue of 'Railway Gazette International'. Obviously in Asia generally there are urban populations capable of supporting high speed rail carrying more than 100 million passenger-journeys per annum, but in Europe I would still suggest HS2 has the sort of pre-existing market that most projects would love.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437364068843189726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086624128165582510.post-32775178826604237432012-11-15T14:13:08.810-08:002012-11-15T14:13:08.810-08:00It seems that you left out the elephant in the roo...It seems that you left out the elephant in the room: The tokaido shinkansen has an annual ridership of about 150 million people (other Japanese shinkansen lines have similarly enormous ridership, though not quite <i>that</i> enormous).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341201158832109978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086624128165582510.post-41244554985645032872012-09-11T08:34:10.522-07:002012-09-11T08:34:10.522-07:00Wall Street Journal just published 1st year figure...Wall Street Journal just published 1st year figures for the Beijing-Shanghai new line. It carried a whopping 52.6 million people - despite all the teething problems and safety scares.<br /><br />So our HS2 may well be busy, but it might have a bit of competition for the "busiest line in the world".<br /><br />Good article though. <br />Overall across Europe, High Speed Rail ridership is supposed to be exceeding European short haul air ridership now. johnjefkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187094097088958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086624128165582510.post-47499055101732608062012-04-25T21:16:55.017-07:002012-04-25T21:16:55.017-07:00The West Coat Line has been there ratehr longer an...The West Coat Line has been there ratehr longer and neither London or Glasgow have gone away! No surprise really.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03662285337385107290noreply@blogger.com