Rail access pricing for suburban services in Europe

Tsamboulas, D; Kopsacheili, AG

dc.contributor.author	Tsamboulas, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Kopsacheili, AG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:42:57Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:42:57Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0361-1981	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31146
dc.subject	Access Pricing	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.other	Bus transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Costs	en
dc.subject.other	Maintenance	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Natural frequencies	en
dc.subject.other	Public policy	en
dc.subject.other	Taxicabs	en
dc.subject.other	Transportation charges	en
dc.subject.other	Urban planning	en
dc.subject.other	Infrastructure charging system	en
dc.subject.other	Rail access pricing	en
dc.subject.other	Suburban rail services	en
dc.subject.other	Train operating companies (TOC)	en
dc.subject.other	Railroad transportation	en
dc.title	Rail access pricing for suburban services in Europe	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3141/1872-04	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1872-04	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	Until recently, Europe was dominated by state-owned, vertically integrated railroads. Lately, European Union (EU) policies and relevant legislation have introduced the legal separation between railroad operations and infrastructure management. Thus, the railroad infrastructure management companies have started applying charges (termed access pricing) to railroad companies for using infrastructure. Although European policies and legislation set the basic access pricing principles, they did not provide specific rules or methods for deriving infrastructure charging systems. An access pricing system for suburban (commuter) rail services was developed. An overview of practices in EU member states and the United States is presented. The basic principles and economic characteristics of infrastructure charging are outlined. The proposed structure of the infrastructure charging system is discussed, with a distinction between the basic charge - which includes costs for train planning and line operations, infrastructure damage and wear and tear costs, and quality of services - and additional components. Each component is mathematically expressed. The proposed charging system does not include costs related to train operations. To test the robustness of the proposed system, it is applied to the suburban rail services provided by the Greek company AMEL, with trains running on the Greek railroads' infrastructure. The proposed infrastructure charging system can be applied to any railroad by changing the variable values.	en
heal.publisher	TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD NATL RESEARCH COUNCIL	en
heal.journalName	Transportation Research Record	en
heal.bookName	TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3141/1872-04	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000227334000004	en
dc.identifier.issue	1872	en
dc.identifier.spage	28	en
dc.identifier.epage	36	en