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Competition, integration, substitution: Myths and realities concerning the relationship between high-speed rail and air transport in Europe

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  • Frédéric Dobruszkes
  • Moshe Givoni

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Purpose – This chapter provides a critical discussion of air to rail mode substitution. Environmental impacts, intermodal competition and integration are considered, examining advantages and disadvantages as well as opportunities and constraints.Originality – Both operation and life-cycle analysis perspectives show that high-speed rail (HSR) is much ‘greener’ than air transport (per seat-km or per passenger-km) provided that the former achieves high load factors and the latter lower load factors and that freed runway capacity is not reused. HSR travel time is its main competitive advantage against air transport, and a 600-km flight is arguably the current limit for robust intermodal effects.Findings – The potential for air–HSR integration at the airport relies on various service, business and technical constraints. Even when it is successful, its environmental benefit appears to be marginal, if not negative, if airport capacity is reused for longer flights. In the current context, such integration appears more like a business opportunity for airlines, airports and train operators rather than a sustainable option. Yet the environmental benefit of integration may be larger within potential integrated transport policies.

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  • Frédéric Dobruszkes & Moshe Givoni, 2013. "Competition, integration, substitution: Myths and realities concerning the relationship between high-speed rail and air transport in Europe," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/153464, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/153464
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    1. Tiziana D'Alfonso & Changmin Jiang & Valentina Bracaglia, 2015. "Air transport and high-speed rail competition: environmental implications and mitigation strategies," DIAG Technical Reports 2015-15, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".
    2. Delaplace, Marie & Dobruszkes, Frédéric, 2015. "From low-cost airlines to low-cost high-speed rail? The French case," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 73-85.
    3. Daniel Albalate & Germá Bel, 2015. "La experiencia internacional en alta velocidad ferroviaria," Working Papers 2015-02, FEDEA.
    4. Dobruszkes, Frédéric & Moyano, Amparo, 2019. "From transportation robustness to the robustness of modelling-based political decision making: A comment on ‘Managing reliever gateway airports with high-speed rail network’," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 165-166.
    5. Bergantino, Angela S. & Capozza, Claudia & Capurso, Mauro, 2015. "The impact of open access on intra- and inter-modal rail competition. A national level analysis in Italy," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 77-86.
    6. Bergantino, Angela S. & Capozza, Claudia & Capurso, Mauro, 2015. "The impact of open access on intra- and inter-modal rail competition. A national level analysis in Italy," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 77-86.
    7. Song, Fangqing & Hess, Stephane & Dekker, Thijs, 2018. "Accounting for the impact of variety-seeking: Theory and application to HSR-air intermodality in China," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 99-111.
    8. D’Alfonso, Tiziana & Jiang, Changmin & Bracaglia, Valentina, 2015. "Would competition between air transport and high-speed rail benefit environment and social welfare?," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 118-137.
    9. Juan Gabriel Brida & Juan Carlos Martín & Concepción Román & Raffaele Scuderi, 2017. "Air and HST Multimodal Products. A Segmentation Analysis for Policy Makers," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 911-934, September.
    10. Rian Mehta & Stephen Rice & Deborah Carstens & Ismael Cremer & Korhan Oyman, 2015. "A Brief Intermodal Rail Network (IRN) Scale: Establishing Validity and Reliability," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(6), pages 243-243, June.
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    High-speed rail; Mode substitution; Intermodal competition; Air–HSR competition; Air–HSR integration; Air–rail integration;
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