SOME POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE RAILWAYS OF ADOPTING A COMMON MARKET FOR TRANSPORT IN EUROPE ---TRANSPORT POLICY. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR A HELD AT THE PTRC TRANSPORT AND PLANNING SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, ENGLAND 7-11 SEPTEMBER 1987. VOLUME P288

The author examines the consequences of state provision of railway infrastructure and non compliance with regulation in road transport in the eec. The movement towards the introduction of an eec policy for transport raises difficult questions about the railway finances. If a genuine free market is created in transport it appears that the railways will lose further traffic to road and possibly air transport. The response in many railways to call for the state to become financially responsible for the infrastructure and for the railways to pay a toll or rent for its use. It is argued that the toll could be set at a price which would 'equalise' the terms of competition between the transport modes. The paper will examine the possible consequences of a move towards 'infrastructure charging'. In an attempt to justify on a 'second best' basis what may seem to be favourable treatment of the railways and to expose some of the fears which exist about unrestricted competition within the eec, the paper will look at what is known about the level of compliance with the regulations governing road transport operations, the effects of these upon the pricing base in the market and the distribution of traffic between the modes.(a) for the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 816535.

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• Authors:
  • Bradshaw, W
• Conference:
  • TRANSPORT POLICY. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR K HELD A SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, ENGL
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 43-52

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Conferences; Federal government; Financing; Freight transportation; Highways; Modal split; Organizations; Payment; Policy; Public transit; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: European Commission; European Union
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Subject Areas: Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483250
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-86050-173-6
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM