Noise Charges in Railway Infrastructure: A Pricing Schedule Based on the Marginal Cost Principle

Henrik Andersson and Mikael Ögren ()
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Mikael Ögren: VTI, Postal: VTI, Dept. of Environment and Traffic Analysis, P.O. Box 8077, SE-402 78 Gothenburg, Sweden

No 2006:4, Working Papers from Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI)

Abstract: In order to mitigate the negative effects of transportation and to achieve a competitive transport sector, infrastructure charges in the European Union shall be based on short-run marginal costs. This paper shows that railway-noise charges can be estimated using already obtained knowledge of monetary and acoustical noise evaluation. Most European countries have standardised calculation methods for total noise level, which can be used to estimate the marginal acoustical effect. Based on a Swedish case study (with a relatively high number of exposed individuals), railway-noise charges are estimated at 0.026, 0.099 and 0.89 EUR/km for commuter, high-speed and freight trains, respectively.

Keywords: Externalities; Marginal Cost; Noise; Railway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 Q51 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2006-06-22
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Published in Transport Policy, 2007, pages 204-213.

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