The liberalization of railway passenger transport in Sweden – Outstanding regulatory challenges

Gunnar Alexandersson , Staffan Hultén, Jan-Eric Nilsson () and Roger Pyddoke ()
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Gunnar Alexandersson : Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: Centrum för Transportstudier (CTS), Teknikringen 10, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Staffan Hultén: Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: Centrum för Transportstudier (CTS), Teknikringen 10, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Jan-Eric Nilsson: VTI, Postal: Centrum för Transportstudier (CTS), Teknikringen 10, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Roger Pyddoke: VTI, Postal: Centrum för Transportstudier (CTS), Teknikringen 10, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

No 2012:5, Working papers in Transport Economics from CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI)

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.

Keywords: Railway; regulation; infrastructure capacity; rolling stock; terminal facility; ticketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L43 L51 L92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2012-02-02
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