Passenger rail franchising in britain: Has it been a success?

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-62

  Smith, Andrew ^a   Nash, Chris ^a   Wheat, Phill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63349112090     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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