Success factors and pitfalls of regional rail franchising in Germany

International Journal of Transport Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-200

  Link, Heike ^a   Merkert, Rico ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access charges; Rail franchising; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

RAILWAY TRANSPORT; REGIONALIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 79960205928     PISSN: 03918440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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