Railways: Looking for Traffic

This chapter discusses railroad service in Africa. It covers a number of issues relating to African railroad infrastructure. It describes how railroads are financed and run (often through concessions), regulation of private railroad operators, infrastructure cost recovery policy, willingness or capacity of private rail operators to fund track renewal, operational and financial performance of concessions, and a description of density - of railroad networks, population, and rail traffic.

• Record URL:
  http://www.infrastructureafrica.org/library/doc/552/africa%E2%80%99s-infrastructure-time-transformation
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  World Bank

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  Washington, DC  United States  20433
• Authors:
  • Bullock, Dick
  • Gwilliam, Kenneth
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 229-248
• Monograph Title: Africa’s Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost recovery; Financing; Networks; Railroad tracks; Railroad traffic; Railroads; Traffic density
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Infrastructure Assurance program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concessions (Railroads)
• Geographic Terms: Africa
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01444359
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780821380833
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 2012 8:58AM