Changing Trains

by Van De Velde, Didier M.

• ISBN13: 9781840148787
• ISBN10: 1840148780
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
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Summary

The book presents and compares the new relationships between transport authorities and railway companies in a number of countries (Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and France). It also presents a number of case studies focusing on the role of contracts, competition and tendering and presenting the achievements of the new regimes so far. This book is aimed at all transport professionals, authorities and academics interested in the increasing use of competition in the passenger railway sector.

Author Biography

Gunnar Alexandersson: Stockholm School of Economics Olivier Domenach: Jonction / Universite de la Mediterranee, Aix-en-Provence (CRET-LOG) Staffan Hulten: Stockholm School of Economics Carsten Lehmann: University of Munster (Institute for Transport Sciences) Fumitoshi Mizutani: Kobe University (School of Business Administration) and Hertford College, Oxford (Regulatory Policy Institute) John Preston: University of Oxford (Transport Studies Unit) Amanda Root: University of Oxford (Transport Studies Unit) Pierric Teurnier: Jonction / Universite de la Mediterranee, Aix-en-Provence (CRET-LOG) Didier van de Velde: Erasmus University Rotterdam (Department of Regional, Port and Transport Economics) Peran van Reeven: Erasmus University Rotterdam (Department of Regional, Port and Transport Economics)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Didier van de Velde
Great Britain	5	(74)
John Preston
Amanda Root
Introduction	5	(1)
Legal, regulatory and organisational framework	6	(21)
The franchising process	27	(18)
The experience so far	45	(22)
Possible future developments	67	(4)
General evaluation and conclusions	71	(8)
Sweden	79	(64)
Gunnar Alexandersson
Staffan Hulten
Introduction	79	(1)
The development of Swedish railway policies and regulations	80	(11)
Legal and regulatory framework	91	(6)
Current organisation	97	(20)
Case study: The county of Jonkoping	117	(18)
General evaluation and conclusions	135	(8)
Germany	143	(48)
Carsten Lehmann
Introduction	143	(1)
Legal, regulatory and organisational framework	144	(20)
Case studies	164	(19)
General evaluation and conclusions	183	(8)
Switzerland	191	(64)
Didier van de Velde
Introduction	191	(1)
Legal and regulatory framework	192	(24)
Authorities and railways in Switzerland	216	(4)
public transport legislation in the Canton of Bern	220	(7)
the Seelinie	227	(16)
General evaluation and conclusions	243	(12)
Japan	255	(52)
Fumitoshi Mizutani
Introduction	255	(1)
Legal and regulatory framework	256	(7)
Current organisation	263	(13)
Analytical framework: competition and ownership	276	(6)
Case study: The Osaka Metropolis	282	(21)
General evaluation and conclusions	303	(4)
France	307	(38)
Olivier Domenach
Pierric Teurnier
Introduction	307	(1)
Legal and regulatory framework	307	(15)
Current organisation	322	(14)
The regionalisation experiments	336	(7)
General evaluation and conclusions	343	(2)
Synthesis and general lessons	345	(14)
Didier van de Velde
Peran van Reeven
Competition model chosen	346	(2)
Policy choices behind model choice	348	(1)
State railway reform process	349	(1)
Infrastructure	350	(2)
Production inputs	352	(2)
Services	354	(2)
Experience with competition (a few tentative observations)	356	(3)
General lessons	359