La régionalisation ferroviaire en Suisse: la performance sans la compétition. Un exemple pour la France ?

Christian Desmaris ()

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Abstract: Regionalization railway in Switzerland : performance without competition. An example for France?. - In the context of a renewed regulation by the European Union, France has undertaken a gradual reform of its system of regional passenger transport. After an experimental phase, transfer to the regions of the organization and financing competence for the regional public service passenger was widespread. Today, to face the deteriorated local public finances and the next opening to competition, regionalization French rail must be thorough. How to get more services with less public money? Which public governance establish? This article offers some suggestions from an analysis of the regional rail traffic reform driving in Switzerland, a country recognized for the excellence of its rail system. Following this reform, Switzerland has made significant gains, both in terms of quality of services offered to passengers and in terms of cost paid by taxpayers. This performance is not due to more competition, but to the nature of public governance and to its impact on the rail system actors itself. If these performance gains have also a real cost and depend on many factors, some very specific, nevertheless few lessons can be set for France.

Keywords: Railway Reform; Regional Passenger Rail; Competition; Swiss; Réforme des chemins de fer; Transport ferroviaire régional de voyageurs; Régulation; Concurrence; Suisse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Politiques et Management public, 2014, 31 (2), pp.169-191. ⟨10.3166/pmp.31.169-191⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/pmp.31.169-191

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