Assessing the marginal infrastructure maintenance wear and tear costs for Britain's railway network

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-224

  Wheat, Phill E ^a   Smith, Andrew S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAINTENANCE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; WEAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43549121938     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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