Europe's High Speed Trains

.,."Strohl has produced an excellent up-to-date book on the status of the world's high-speed passanger rail lines and plans. This is not a "train buff" or "rail fan" book, but rather an impressive scholarly exposition by and American political science professor, longtime resident in Paris, who provides considerable technical detail in terms understandable to the general reader. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage. There is no comparable book. The footnotes, bibliography, and index are excellent. General; advanced undergraduate through faculty; professional."-Choice ?...Strohl has produced an excellent up-to-date book on the status of the world's high-speed passanger rail lines and plans. This is not a "train buff" or "rail fan" book, but rather an impressive scholarly exposition by and American political science professor, longtime resident in Paris, who provides considerable technical detail in terms understandable to the general reader. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage. There is no comparable book. The footnotes, bibliography, and index are excellent. General; advanced undergraduate through faculty; professional.?-Choice ?In his single, well-organized volume, Europe's High Speed Trains: A study in Geo-Economics, Mitchell Strohl masterfully presents the stories of today's leaders in high-speed rail technology. The bulk of the book is a fascinating showcase of Europe's transportation network that will leave readers longing to ride the rails.?-RUM FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY "In his single, well-organized volume, Europe's High Speed Trains: A study in Geo-Economics, Mitchell Strohl masterfully presents the stories of today's leaders in high-speed rail technology. The bulk of the book is a fascinating showcase of Europe's transportation network that will leave readers longing to ride the rails."-RUM FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICY ..."Strohl has produced an excellent up-to-date book on the status of the world's high-speed passanger rail lines and plans. This is not a "train buff" or "rail fan" book, but rather an impressive scholarly exposition by and American political science professor, longtime resident in Paris, who provides considerable technical detail in terms understandable to the general reader. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage. There is no comparable book. The footnotes, bibliography, and index are excellent. General; advanced undergraduate through faculty; professional."-Choice

MITCHELL P. STROHL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the American University of Paris. He is the author of The International Law of Bays (1963) and a contributor to Akaha's International Handbook of Transportation Policy (Greenwood, 1990). He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Boston University, and he received his doctorate from the Fletcher School of Tufts University.

Maps Foreword by Michel Walrave Preface and Acknowledgments Europe: The Map and the Economy Time in Transportation, Speed on Railways Japan's Shinkansen: Where It All Began France and the Train a Grande Vitesse The Channel Tunnel, the London Problem, the United Kingdom Italy, the Direttissime, Sistema Ad Alta Velocita Germany and the Intercity Express The European High Speed Train Network, the Alpine Wall, Switzerland, and Austria Iberia and the Spanish Tren de Alta Velocidad North and East and Elsewhere Bibliography Index