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Competition In Freight Railways: “Above-The-Rail” Operators In Central Europe And Russia

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  • Russell Pittman
  • Oana Diaconu
  • Emanual Šip
  • Anna Tomová
  • Jerzy Wronka

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The railways of Russia and the Central and Eastern European countries are in the process of restructuring. In most cases, the “vertical separation” reform model is being pursued, and reformers are seeking to introduce competition among freight train operators through the provision of “open access” to the monopoly infrastructure. This paper shows that, in two countries, Poland and Romania, a good deal of competition has been created by the entry of new freight operators, many of them either large shippers integrating upstream or former freight forwarders. However, in other countries, the incumbent freight operators retain virtually 100 percent of the market. In particular, Russia has taken only the very first steps toward creating competition in this sector, and new freight train operators face significant barriers to competing with the incumbent.

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  • Russell Pittman & Oana Diaconu & Emanual Šip & Anna Tomová & Jerzy Wronka, 2007. "Competition In Freight Railways: “Above-The-Rail” Operators In Central Europe And Russia," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 3(4), pages 673-687.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jcomle:v:3:y:2007:i:4:p:673-687.
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    1. Tomeš, Zdeněk, 2017. "Do European reforms increase modal shares of railways?," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 143-151.
    2. Pittman, Russell, 2011. "Risk-averse restructuring of freight railways in China," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 152-160.
    3. Tomeš, Zdeněk & Kvizda, Martin & Nigrin, Tomáš & Seidenglanz, Daniel, 2014. "Competition in the railway passenger market in the Czech Republic," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 270-276.
    4. Huang, Wencheng & Zhang, Yue & Shuai, Bin & Xu, Minhao & Xiao, Wei & Zhang, Rui & Xu, Yifei, 2019. "China railway industry reform evolution approach: Based on the Vertical Separation Model," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 546-556.
    5. Pittman, Russell, 2016. "Reforming and Restructuring Ukrzaliznytsia: A Crucial Task for Ukrainian Reformers," MPRA Paper 76028, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Pittman Russell, 2015. "Railways Restructuring and Ukrainian Economic Reform," Man and the Economy, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 87-107, June.

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