ABSTRACT
Transport systems enable mobility of persons and transport of goods/freight shipments between their origins and destinations. Improving technical interoperability by using a unified signaling system/equipment is expected to stimulate opening of the rail transport markets for more rail operators. The load factor depends on the relationship between the volume of passenger demand and the transport service frequency, and the train size, i.e. seat capacity per frequency. The operational performances include demand, capacity and their dynamic relationship reflected through the quality of transport services provided to users-passengers. The economic performances include the cost and revenues of setting up and operating the High Speed Rail (HSR) system and revenues earned by charging users-passengers. The main elements of the HSR system infrastructure are the rail lines with tracks connecting the stations. The former are present at already built HSR lines while the later are considered particularly for lines with long segments of tunnels and/or bridges, such as those in Japan.
