What Role for the Railways in Eastern Europe? [electronic resource].
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Transport, European Conference of Ministers of.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2002.
 Facing the collapse of their business and stiff competition from road transport, Eastern European railways are in a critical financial situation. Railway restructuring is a must, but where circumstances in each country are so different there can be no "one size fits all" solution. Nevertheless, some guidelines for restructuring are emerging. The strategies to be implemented will involve both governments and the railway companies themselves.Separating infrastructure from operations, for instance, could be a good model provided infrastructure usage is priced efficiently. Concessions should be g
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""CONTENTS""; ""Report by J. SIEGMANN (Germany)""; ""1. Situation of railways before the lifting of the Iron Curtain""; ""2. Development of the railways since 1990""; ""3. Current position of the Central and Eastern European railways""; ""4. Future role of the railways""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""Report by L. THOMPSON (United States)""; ""Railways in Eastern Europe""; ""1. Setting the scene: when past was not prologue""; ""2. Transition: the dam breaks""; ""3. The changing environment for transport and for railways""; ""4. Future rail structures in the CEE/CIS countries: where to from here?""
""5. Summing up""""Report by M. PONTI (Italy)""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The decline of the system: contingent and structural aspects""; ""3. A ""Kuznetsian"" approach: what happened to the Western European railways""; ""4. The role of the State""; ""5. The main issue: land-use control""; ""6. Freight and passenger services""; ""7. Eastern railways and ""open access"" competition""; ""Report by M. BROWN (United Kingdom)""; ""The future of railways in Central and Eastern Europe""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. External threats to rail""; ""3. The threat from within""
""4. Barriers to competitiveness""""5. Adaptability, measures and efficiency""; ""6. Actions plans""; ""7. The way forward""; ""8. Conclusion ""; ""(Round Table debate on reports)""; ""LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ""
 Facing the collapse of their business and stiff competition from road transport, Eastern European railways are in a critical financial situation. Railway restructuring is a must, but where circumstances in each country are so different there can be no "one size fits all" solution. Nevertheless, some guidelines for restructuring are emerging. The strategies to be implemented will involve both governments and the railway companies themselves.Separating infrastructure from operations, for instance, could be a good model provided infrastructure usage is priced efficiently. Concessions should be g
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