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In the European railway framework, the expenses of rail infrastructure costs are partly covered by the Governments and partly by the infrastructure managers through the infrastructure charges that operators pay to them for running services on the infrastructure they manage. However, the extent to which infrastructure charges cover infrastructure costs is higher for high speed lines (HSL) than for conventional lines. This communication characterizes the infrastructure charging systems for HSL implemented in Europe and analyses the level of charges applied to these lines with the aim of quantifying if mark-ups above marginal cost are being charged to high speed services running on the European HSL. The results obtained show that, despite the great differences between charging systems for HSL, important mark-ups above marginal costs are applied by all the systems analyzed and that common features between them can be established.

01120148

09-1278

English

16p

2009

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (8) ; References (17) ; Tables (3)

Costs; High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Infrastructure; Marginal costs; Operating costs; Railroad transportation

Transit charges

Europe

Finance; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-1278

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 2009 5:30PM