Regular Interurban Coach Services in Europe
By: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Series: ECMT Round Tables -- no.114; ECMT Round Tables -- no.114.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789282112786
Subjects: Transportation
Description: Although deregulation is well under way in the transport sector, regular coach services are still largely regulated. Governments see them as potentially competing with rail transport services. However, in countries that have had some experience with deregulation the outcome has clearly been positive (except for local short-distance services).The Round Table began with a review of regular interurban coach services based on case studies in countries which had adopted an original approach. This report shows the industry in a totally new light. One of its main findings is that there is a specific market for customers that have no other means of transport. Opening up this market would benefit the most economically disadvantaged sectors of the population. But that is not the only lesson to be learned from this Round Table.
Table of contents: title: Eurolines of the Pan-European Coach Network of Regular Lines Services: An Introduction by D. Bochar; title: The Development of International Bus Transport in Central Europe: The Case of Poland by T. Komornicki; title: Introductory Report by P. White; title: Coach Deregulation in Sweden by K. Jansson; title: Summary of the Discussions; title: List of Participants