EUROPE'S RAILWAYS AND THE ALLIANCE OPTION

In the 1960s, the possibility of setting up a single joint railway company for the European Community was discussed. Moves towards interoperability and open access for companies to the European network are discussed. Cooperation between railway companies is considered with reference to the EU Commission's principle of intramodal competition. Entrepreneurial cooperation between railway companies is illustrated by examples within Germany, Switzerland, and France. The EU transport policy to internationalise (Europeanise) the railways is scheduled to be applied to freight traffic by 2007/8. At first this is set to run via alliances. For the covering abstract see ITRD E117504.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

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• Authors:
  • EBELING, K
• Conference:
  • WORLD RAILWAY CONGRESS, VIENNA, 25-28 SEPTEMBER 2001. PART 2
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 147-56

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Competition; Conferences; Economics; Freight transportation; Improvements; Legislation; Planning; Policy; Railroad transportation
• Identifier Terms: European Union
• Geographic Terms: Europe; France; Germany
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 235: Competition; 8525: Conference; 255: Economics; 8303: EU; 8034: Europe; 8036: France; 1112: Freight transport; 8125: Germany; 9108: Improvement; 1556: Legislation; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 1173: Rail bound transport
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00944509
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 7 2003 12:00AM