User Charges for Railway Infrastructure: French experience

Luc Baumstark and Alain Bonnafous ()
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Luc Baumstark: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Now that railway infrastructure and train operations have been separated in Europe -- at least for accounting purposes -- user charges for infrastructure are progressively being introduced to cover the costs of running trains. However, because of the lack of experience in this field, it is difficult to set the amount and choose the most appropriate form for these charges. There are in fact major differences between countries, and the objectives are many and sometimes conflicting. This chapter aims to highlight the French experience.

Keywords: Railway infrastructure; Charging system; User charges; Infrastructure pricing; Transportation policy; Regulatory reform; French experience; Charging principles; redevances d'usage des infrastructures ferroviaires; expérience de la France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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Published in ECMT (Ed.) = CEMT. Round Table 107 = Table ronde 107, 26-27 mars 1998. Paris (France), 1998, Paris, France. pp. 47-100 (English language) - pp. 51-107 (version française)

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