RAILROADS IN TRANSITION: MERGING WITH A FUTURE

The end-to-end merger movement has developed as a means of producing single-line service to new markets. DOT and ICC are often apparently pursing differing policies with respect to redundant railroad plant. In view of the generally poor record of parallel mergers, new attention is being given to consolidated facilities and voluntary abandonment of certain markets. Reduced regulation, rather than government ownership of fixed plant is suggested as a means of strengthening the industry and improving its performance.

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  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  Watson Publications, 5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Roberts, R
• Publication Date: 1979-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-60
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads/Rail Transit
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Consolidations; Deregulation; Industry structure; Mergers; Policy; Trackage rights
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00193743
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 1979 12:00AM