We are pleased to invite you to contribute papers for a Special ERSA-NECTAR session, which we will organize at the 50th ERSA Congress in August (19-23). The ERSA Conference will take place in Jonkoping (Sweden) and will be a major international event. For more information please click here.

The inauguration of High-Speed Rail (HSR) in Japan, over 40 years ago, created a new transport network, which since became the main mode of transport for most long-distance journeys in that country. In Europe, the HSR services which were launched about 20 years later were capable of running also on the conventional rail network, but nevertheless also created a new transport network. The new transport network is unique in many respects and has important and specific spatial effects, on the territories where it traverses, as well as those it bypass or haven't yet reached. For more information please click here.