Regulated versus negotiated access pricing in vertically separated railway systems

Besanko, David; Cui, Shana

doi:10.1007/s11149-019-09374-z

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“…In the European rail industry, to enable competition in the market, entrants should be granted access to a large set of complementary services beyond track access and adequate service charging [3]. For an efficient and effective market entry, non-discriminatory and adequate access charges are required [4,5]. This is quite expected, considering the size of challenges and the fact that facilitating competition between the train operating companies (hereinafter referred to as operators) on the network was the motive behind the restructuring.…”

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Challenges of Track Access Charges Model Redesign

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It has been exactly 20 years since the common grounds for the design of track access charges (TAC) were laid for the European railways by the publication of Directive 2001/14/EC. However, these grounds were defined broadly, thus resulting in significant divergence both in the models applied by countries and during the model redesign within one country over the course of time. The participants in the process of charge system redesign includes all stakeholders from a country’s railway sector (infrastructure manager, train operating companies, the ministries responsible for transport, finance and economy, government, and regulatory bodies). Their opinions and requirements are often opposed, and they all need to be acknowledged simultaneously. This paper aims to solve the issue of ensuring continuity in the charge model redesign while achieving a balance between the requirements of all stakeholders. Moreover, it tackles the issue of producing a sustainable long-term TAC model by using survey methods and statistical analysis. The proposed approach was tested in practice during the access charge model redesign for the railways of Montenegro. The results show the importance of continual enhancement in TAC model development as one of the challenges and key precursors for the harmonization of all stakeholders’ requirements.

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confidence: 99%