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Source: International Union of Railways High-speed rail has been a technology actively contributing to regional space / time convergence. The setting of high-speed rail systems considerably improved travel times between the metropolitan areas it services, on average, a 50% reduction. In many cases (such as Paris / Lyon on the

Source: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2008. The Antwerp Centraal train station, completed in 1905, is considered to be among the world’s most architecturally impressive. However, due to increased ridership and well as the setting of a high-speed train system along the Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam corridor (Thalys), the station was increasingly inadequate. The renovations

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2001. The locational advantages of central railway stations have led to their usage for high-speed train services, such as Gare de Lyon in Paris, from which high-speed services are calling southern France (Lyon, Avignon, Marseille). The train in the above photo is of the TGV Duplex

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2002. Located at the core of the city, the Amsterdam Centraal Train Station is the nexus of regional and long-distance rail services. It is directly linked to the Schiphol Airport with regular services and is at the end of a High-Speed Rail Corridor from Paris (Thalys).

Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2008. The Quai d’Orsay Museum is an excellent example of the reconversion of a former rail station. The central location of the station by the Seine River and a large amount of available space fit very well the requirements of a world-class museum. The initial terminal

The three main structuring effects of rail terminals involve adjacency, accessibility and network effects: Adjacency. A structuring effect where land uses directly adjacent to or in close proximity to a rail terminal are strongly influenced and influences the nature and the level of terminal traffic. In sufficient quantity, they form

Rail terminals can be categorized by the passenger and freight markets they serve, with the function of shunting accounting for an intermediary form. Passenger and freight terminals can also be differentiated by their locational setting:

Authors: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Dr. Brian Slack Rail terminals are facilities used for the transfer of passengers and freight to other modes of transportation. 1. Location Dynamics When rail transportation systems emerged in the second half of the 19th century, the importance of rail terminals, including their location, became

Source: Notteboom, T. and J-P Rodrigue (2005) “Port Regionalization: Towards a New Phase in Port Development”, Maritime Policy and Management, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 297-313. Starting from the initial port site with small lateral quays adjacent to the town center (1), port expansion is the product of evolving maritime

Source: adapted from A. Ashar (2002), Revolution now, Containerization International, January. The scope of maritime containerized operations has substantially improved since the introduction of the container in the late 1950s. The diffusion of the container took place over several waves, each characterized by technical and market opportunities: Containerization permitted the