| Author: | Nash, C. |
| Title: | Rail infrastructure charges in Europe |
| Journal: | Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
2005 : SEP, VOL. 39:3, p. 259-278 |
| Index terms: | rail transport infrastructures Europe |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The results of a survey of rail infrastructure charges in Europe are reviewed here, presenting evidence on the structure and level of charges across 23 countries, and on the rationale behind the charges. A wide variety of both structure and level of charges is found, and it appears there is a range of explanations for this, including differences in the nature and mix rail traffic, differences in the willingness and ability of governments to provide subsidies, and continued lack of consensus on the measurement of the marginal cost of infrastructure use. |
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