Scope for Railway Transport in Urban Areas [electronic resource]: Report of the Forty-Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 25-26 June 1979 /
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Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1980.
This Round Table presents a series of Case Studies on 14 European cities on the scope for railway transport in urban areas.
FOREWORD -- CASE STUDIES -- Amsterdam by M. Van Witsen, the Netherlands -- -Basic information about Amsterdam -- A closer look at the railways today -- Prospects for the railways -- Financial results: Economic Importance -- Barcelona by F. Cal Pardo and V. Rallo, Spain -- -Characteristics of the population -- General transport structure -- Tariffs -- Future outlook -- Madrid by F. Cal Pardo and V. Rallo, Spain -- -Description of the metropolitan area -- General structure of urban transport -- Fares -- Economic outturn and the financing of new investment -- Prospects -- Brussles by P. De Greef, Belgium -- -General description of the conurbation and its urban transport system -- Railway traffic in the Brussels conurbation -- The Integration of rail transport within the overall public transport system of the conurbation -- Financial aspects of the conurbation's public transport system -- Future prospects -- Bibliography -- Copenhagen by K. Lemberg, Denmark -- Hamburg by H. Weigelt, Germany -- -Land use patterns in greater Hamburg -- Short-distance passenger traffic on the Deutsche Bundesbahn in greater Hamburg -- Where the Deutsch Bundesbhan's suburban railway and S-Bahn operate, with reference to Hamburg's corridors of building development -- Suburban and Express trains on the two-track main line in the Hamburg,-Ahrensburg-Lübeck Corridor -- Suburban and express trains on teh 4-track high-density section between the main railway station and Harburg feeding the S-Bahn -- Extension of the Direct-Current s-Bahn -- Economic Aspects -- Bibliography -- Lille by J. Dreuil, France -- -Preamble -- Population -- Employment -- Transport -- The regional public transport programme -- Conclusion -- Liverpool by S. Rirani, United Kingdom -- -Prologue -- Transportation studies in Merseyside during the 1960s -- Implementation of policies during the 1970s -- Epilogue -- References -- Figures -- Milan by A. Clerici, Italy -- -Foreword -- Area -- Mobility -- Railway facilities -- Interconnection -- Economic analysis -- Figures -- Munich by D. Lippert, Germany -- -Evolution -- Structural data -- Naples by A. Polese, Italy -- -Area covered by the study -- Population -- Structure of the railborne systems in relation to the traffic to be carried -- Structure of Railway networks in relation to other public transport systems -- Operation -- Reserves not yet fully utilised -- Traffic volume -- Integrated transport system -- Financial situation -- Costs and benefits -- Planned improvements -- Conclusions -- Figures and tables -- Newcastle (Tyne and Wear County)  by D. F. Howard, United Kingdom -- -Introduction -- Tyne and Wear -- Land use -- Communications -- Public transport -- The planning context -- Investment studies -- Metro and the integrated transport system -- Preserving B. R. movements -- Finance and phasing -- County transport policy and structure plan -- Conclusion -- Reference and further reading -- Figures -- Oslo by K. Skuland, Norway -- -General inforamtion concerning Oslo and its environs -- Passenger traffic in Oslo and neighboring municipalities -- Co-ordingation of collective passenger traffic -- NSB's local traffic in the Oslo area -- Vienna by H. Petzmann, Austria -- -The history of rapid urban transport in Vienna -- The Vienna S-Bahn network today -- Volume of traffic and functions of the Vienna S-Bahn as compared with other public transport -- Concepts and planning measures for the further extension of the S-Bahn -- Present and future financing of S-Bahn extensions -- SYNTHESIS (Round Table Debate ont he Reports) -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- 
This Round Table presents a series of Case Studies on 14 European cities on the scope for railway transport in urban areas.
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