The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure from Operations

The author offers a number of reasons for separating rail infrastructure from operations: to reduce unit costs, to create intrarail competition, to better focus on the services to be provided, to clarify public policy, and to strike a better balanc...

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Main Author:	Thompson, Louis S.
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FREIGHT FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES RAIL RAIL COMPETITION RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINE RAIL OPERATIONS RAIL PASSENGER RAIL SECTOR RAIL SERVICE RAIL SERVICES RAIL SYSTEMS RAILWAY RAILWAY CONCESSIONS RAILWAY INDUSTRY RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY OPERATOR RAILWAYS RAILWAYS ADVISER ROLLING STOCK SOCIAL SERVICES TRACK TRACKAGE TRACKS TRAINS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TREASURY URBAN SERVICES RAILWAYS DENATIONALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET COMPETITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/12/437052/benefits-separating-rail-infrastructure-operations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11562

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spelling	okr-10986-115622021-06-14T11:03:37Z The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure from Operations Thompson, Louis S. ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FREIGHT FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES RAIL RAIL COMPETITION RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINE RAIL OPERATIONS RAIL PASSENGER RAIL SECTOR RAIL SERVICE RAIL SERVICES RAIL SYSTEMS RAILWAY RAILWAY CONCESSIONS RAILWAY INDUSTRY RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY OPERATOR RAILWAYS RAILWAYS ADVISER ROLLING STOCK SOCIAL SERVICES TRACK TRACKAGE TRACKS TRAINS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TREASURY URBAN SERVICES RAILWAYS RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE DENATIONALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET COMPETITION The author offers a number of reasons for separating rail infrastructure from operations: to reduce unit costs, to create intrarail competition, to better focus on the services to be provided, to clarify public policy, and to strike a better balance between the roles of the public and private sectors. Moreover, recent experience with "negative" concessions, in which the private sector provides public services (based on competition to provide the service and in return for compensation), is adding another dimension to the "public vs. private" debate. In this sense separating infrastructure allows new approaches to the problem of meeting public responsibilities. Concessioning programs in Argentina, Sweden, and the United Kingdom define the broad alternatives in rail infrastructure separation. The two main challenges for separation are capacity management and pricing policies. While it is true that infrastructure separation is messy and expensive, it will be a small price to pay if "fragmentation" offers a better fit for consumers. 2012-08-13T15:24:09Z 2012-08-13T15:24:09Z 1997-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/12/437052/benefits-separating-rail-infrastructure-operations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11562 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 135 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Europe and Central Asia Sweden Argentina United Kingdom United States
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topic	ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FREIGHT FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES RAIL RAIL COMPETITION RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINE RAIL OPERATIONS RAIL PASSENGER RAIL SECTOR RAIL SERVICE RAIL SERVICES RAIL SYSTEMS RAILWAY RAILWAY CONCESSIONS RAILWAY INDUSTRY RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY OPERATOR RAILWAYS RAILWAYS ADVISER ROLLING STOCK SOCIAL SERVICES TRACK TRACKAGE TRACKS TRAINS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TREASURY URBAN SERVICES RAILWAYS RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE DENATIONALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET COMPETITION
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FREIGHT FREIGHT RATES FREIGHT SERVICES PASSENGER SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES RAIL RAIL COMPETITION RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINE RAIL OPERATIONS RAIL PASSENGER RAIL SECTOR RAIL SERVICE RAIL SERVICES RAIL SYSTEMS RAILWAY RAILWAY CONCESSIONS RAILWAY INDUSTRY RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY OPERATOR RAILWAYS RAILWAYS ADVISER ROLLING STOCK SOCIAL SERVICES TRACK TRACKAGE TRACKS TRAINS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TREASURY URBAN SERVICES RAILWAYS RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE DENATIONALIZATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET COMPETITION Thompson, Louis S. The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure from Operations
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description	The author offers a number of reasons for separating rail infrastructure from operations: to reduce unit costs, to create intrarail competition, to better focus on the services to be provided, to clarify public policy, and to strike a better balance between the roles of the public and private sectors. Moreover, recent experience with "negative" concessions, in which the private sector provides public services (based on competition to provide the service and in return for compensation), is adding another dimension to the "public vs. private" debate. In this sense separating infrastructure allows new approaches to the problem of meeting public responsibilities. Concessioning programs in Argentina, Sweden, and the United Kingdom define the broad alternatives in rail infrastructure separation. The two main challenges for separation are capacity management and pricing policies. While it is true that infrastructure separation is messy and expensive, it will be a small price to pay if "fragmentation" offers a better fit for consumers.
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title	The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure from Operations
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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