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Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau | Issue DB-International/2015

Integration of air and long-distance rail travel and inclusion of airports in cities’ transportation systems

March 2015 | Yuanfei Shi, Peter Mnich

As a result of the successful development of the Chinese economy in recent years, China has been able to – and has had to – invest in a modern, e_x001F_ffective, high-capacity transportation infrastructure. However, an improvement of e_x001F_ffectiveness cannot be achieved just by upgrading or building new infrastructure and systems for each mode of transport; they also have to be well interlinked.