Railroad Restructuring in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: One Solution for All Problems?

Railway Mergers and Railway Alliances: Competition Issues and Lessons for other Network Industries

“…In Western Europe there are fears of dominance or even monopoly above the rail as a single, state-owned company continues to make acquisitions, with some likelihood of competitive problems spilling over into Central and Eastern Europe as well; however, to the degree that vertical separation in 1 More broadly, vertical separation has become something of a reformers' "default option" for infrastructure sector reforms around the world; see, e.g., Newbery (1999) and Pittman (2007a). 2 See, e.g., Gómez-Ibáñez and de Rus (2006), part 1; Molnar (2006); and Pittman, et al (2007). 3 This is consistent with a broader point of Newbery (1999): "Liberalizing entry into a … utility which remains both vertically integrated and state owned is the least disruptive reform…."…”

“…25 See, e.g., Monti (2002). 26 On Poland and Romania (and other Central and Eastern European countries), see Pittman, et al (2007). On England, see, e.g., Glaister (2006) and Posner (2006 and.…”

“…3 This is consistent with a broader point of Newbery (1999): "Liberalizing entry into a … utility which remains both vertically integrated and state owned is the least disruptive reform…." 4 ECMT (2004) ;Friebel, et al (2007);Pittman, et al (2007). particular countries is incomplete, there is a countervailing fear that vertically integrated incumbents will be successful at entrenching their monopoly positions.…”

Transport geography and new European realities: a critique

“…Yet with a few notable exceptions (e.g. Ambler et al, 1985;Friebel et al, 2007;Hall, 1992Hall, , 1993aHall, , 1993bHall, , 1996Martin, 2006;Taylor, 1998Taylor, , 2006Taylor, , 2008Ciechań ski, 2006, 2008;Tismer et al, 1987;Turnock, 1986Turnock, , 1991, researchers in transport geography have exhibited a restricted repertoire in relation to the wider Central and East European arena. Clearly here is an area of considerable research potential, in terms of empirical data gathering, recording and dissemination, and in relation to conceptual development and theory building, not least in terms of inter-disciplinary (and implicitly international) activity and the firm embracing of mobility and transition issues within core transport geography research areas.…”

The contributions of technical and allocative efficiency to the economic performance of European railways

“…The most recent EU Directive, 2001/14/EC, further called for open access to national rail infrastructure for any qualified third-party train operator. In short, as pointed out in Friebel et al (2007), the EU reform strategy builds on three pillars: (1) unbundling infrastructure from operations, (2) creating independent regulatory institutions for railways, and (3) opening access to national railway markets for competitors.…”