Rail access charges and the competitiveness of high speed trains

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Sánchez Borràs, Marta ^a   Nash, Chris ^b   Abrantes, Pedro ^b   López Pita, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access charges; High speed trains

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPETITIVENESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 74449084705     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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