Rail transport resilience to demand shocks and COVID-19

Jenelius, Erik

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“…The impact of COVID-19 on rail transport in Europe has not been uniform and has varied from country to country. Governments and transport companies have taken various measures to address the challenges and maintain the continued operation of the rail network (Jenelius, 2022).…”

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Impact of the Covid-19 Epidemic on Rail Transport in Europe

Marcysiak,

Marcysiak

2023

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The aim of the study is to assess the scope of the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the rail transport market in Europe. To this end, both the passenger and freight transport market were analysed. The period under study covers the years 2019-2022. The COVID-19 epidemic has affected all European countries; and this extends to the demand and supply side of all modes of transport, including rail transport. Restrictions implemented in various areas of economic activity caused Railways to lose a significant part of their passengers. In 2020, the number of passenger-kilometres decreased by an average of 48% compared to 2019. Countries such as Ireland and the United Kingdom saw the biggest change (a decrease of 65%). With regard to the transport of cargo by rail, the scale of the restrictions was already significantly smaller. As a result, the volume of transport performance expressed in tonne-kilometres decreased in 2020 by 7% compared to 2019. The years 2021-2022 represent the end of the reconstruction of the railway market, where the number of passengers transported by rail and the rate of rail use increased significantly and widely. Countries such as Germany, Spain and France have taken initiatives to promote public transport, mainly railways. For the further development of rail transport, it is necessary to continuously improve the quality of services, reduce journey times, improve the accessibility of modern rolling stock and integrate rail with other regional, urban and suburban rail networks and other modes of transport.

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Impact of the Covid-19 Epidemic on Rail Transport in Europe

Marcysiak,

Marcysiak

2023

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Public Transportation and Social Movements: Learning from the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests

Chan

Zhou

2021

Transportation Research Record

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In this article, we address the public transportation system’s resilience in social movements, which has been under-explored in transportation scholarship. On the one hand, public transportation enables mass mobilization of people and materials and large-scale public engagement in political/social events in transit-reliant cities like Hong Kong. On the other hand, public transportation can be an instrument for both the government and event participants—the former interferes with the public transportation service provision to manage and mitigate the adverse impacts of social movements it perceives on society, whereas the latter disrupt public transportation services or vandalize and damage related facilities to express their discontent and to put pressure on the former. The dynamic resilience of the public transportation system against the above backdrop warrants more in-depth exploration. We incorporate both supply and demand shocks to theorize resilience as a public transportation system’s capability to return to a new equilibrium between the supply and demand after a disturbance. The theoretical approach is illustrated using empirical data and publicly available materials concerning the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement in Hong Kong.

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Rail transport resilience to demand shocks and COVID-19

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Impact of the Covid-19 Epidemic on Rail Transport in Europe

Impact of the Covid-19 Epidemic on Rail Transport in Europe

Public Transportation and Social Movements: Learning from the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests

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