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Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance - ppiaf

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<strong><strong>Rail</strong>way</strong> <strong>Re<strong>for</strong>m</strong>: <strong>Toolkit</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Sector</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

5. Creating the Industry Structure<br />

Box 5.5<br />

Main policy options<br />

Archetypal railway system<br />

Illustrative Structural Options within the Public Infrastructure Framework<br />

(assumes mixed-use railway with a substantial passenger role)<br />

Main <strong><strong>Rail</strong>way</strong> Functions<br />

National main-line<br />

railway network<br />

Local railway networks<br />

National public railway department or authority<br />

Intercity passenger train<br />

services<br />

Freight train services<br />

Local passenger train<br />

services<br />

1. Re-constitute as SOE/ SOC plus<br />

commercialization measures<br />

National public railway company (or SOE)<br />

2. Decentralize regional/ suburban<br />

train operations to local<br />

authorities<br />

National public railway company (or SOE)<br />

National or a local public<br />

TOC operating under LGA<br />

contract<br />

3. Concession regional and suburban<br />

passenger operations to<br />

private sector<br />

4. Horizontal separation of public<br />

rail freight train operating<br />

company<br />

National public railway company (or SOE)<br />

Exclusive national public<br />

rail-freight TOC<br />

Private passenger TOC<br />

concessionaire(s) operating<br />

under service contract<br />

to central or local government<br />

authorities<br />

5. Privatize freight train services<br />

on an exclusive basis<br />

Exclusive national private<br />

rail-freight TOC<br />

6. Privatize freight plus 3 rd party<br />

access rights<br />

7. Vertical separation of public<br />

infrastructure and operations<br />

National public railway network company<br />

(or SOE)<br />

Exclusive inter-city passenger<br />

public TOC (s)<br />

•<br />

• Competing private railfreight<br />

TOCS<br />

•<br />

8. Concession intercity passenger<br />

operations<br />

National public railway network company (or<br />

SOE)<br />

Competitive bidding <strong>for</strong> intercity<br />

private passenger TOC<br />

concession (s)<br />

TOC: Train Operating Company SOE: State-owned Enterprise SOC: State-owned Company LGA: Local Government Authority<br />

The World Bank Page 81

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