Improving the door-to-door travel experience

General introduction

Led by SEEDA – the South East England Development Agency – the HST Connect project has 14 strategic and investment partners in England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. It is closely associated with the HST4i project (www.hst4i.net) and will stimulate the development of stations as spatial, social and economic crossroads in urban areas throughout North West Europe.

The project concentrates on two key issues: developing the secondary public transport system to feed efficiently and economically into the primary HST network and making stations better places to travel to, through and from – and to do business in. Better accessibility to stations and better station environments help improve economic performance and cultural integration and will reduce social exclusion.