Passenger railway reform in the last 20 years - European experience reconsidered

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-70

  Nash, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Rail; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149139371     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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