Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance - ppiaf

Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................ 1
1.1 Target Audience .............................................................2
1.2 The Role of Transport in Economic Development ......................2
1.3 Railway Costs and Cost of Alternatives ..................................3
1.4 Environmental and Land Use Benefits....................................5
1.5 What Is Railway Reform? Why Do It?......................................6
1.6 What Can Be Expected From a Reform Effort?..........................7
1.7 How Long Will Railway Reforms Take? ...................................7
1.8 Structure of this Resource .................................................8
Chapter 2: Rail Markets and Technology ..................................11
2.1 Introduction ................................................................ 12
2.2 Transport Market Characteristics ....................................... 12
2.2.1 Passenger services ............................................... 12
2.2.2 Freight services ................................................. 15
2.3 What Railways Do Best.................................................... 17
2.4 Railway Technology and Terminology .................................. 18
2.4.1 Infrastructure .................................................... 18
2.4.2 Rolling stock ..................................................... 26
Chapter 3: Railway Economics and Pricing................................31
3.1 Economic Features of Railways ......................................... 32
3.2 Railway Cost Structures .................................................. 33
3.2.1 Infrastructure network costs................................... 33
3.2.2 Train operating costs............................................ 35
3.2.3 Corporate overhead costs ...................................... 35
3.2.4 Summary: costs and comparative advantage................ 36
3.3 Costing Railway Services and Traffics.................................. 36
3.3.1 Common costs .................................................... 36
3.3.2 Joint costs......................................................... 37
3.4 Financial Contribution Analysis ......................................... 37
3.5 Commercial Management Actions....................................... 40
3.6 Railway Pricing ............................................................ 40
3.6.1 Freight pricing.................................................... 41
3.6.2 Passenger service pricing ....................................... 42
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