The liberalization of railway passenger transport in Sweden : outstanding regulatory challenges Alexandersson, Gunnar ; Hultén, Staffan ; Nilsson, Jan-Eric ; Pyddoke, Roger
Series: Working papers in transport economics ; 2012:5Publication details: Stockholm Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm, 2012; Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute [VTI], ; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ; S-WoPEc, Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics, Description: 24 sSubject(s): Online resources: Notes: Även utg. av Trafikverket i serien TRV FUD Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe Sweden’s recent reforms to open the railway passenger markets to entry, and to addresses four critical issues for the success of the reforms; the allocation of infrastructure capacity, the provision of maintenance and terminal facilities, the access to rolling stock and the provision of information and ticketing to travelers. The analysis shows that the legislation and regulatory tools that are needed to handle these challenges to a large extent remain to be developed.Även utg. av Trafikverket i serien TRV FUD
The purpose of this paper is to describe Sweden’s recent reforms to open the railway passenger markets to entry, and to addresses four critical issues for the success of the reforms; the allocation of infrastructure capacity, the provision of maintenance and terminal facilities, the access to rolling stock and the provision of information and ticketing to travelers. The analysis shows that the legislation and regulatory tools that are needed to handle these challenges to a large extent remain to be developed.