The liberalization of railway passenger transport in Sweden : outstanding regulatory challenges

• The purpose of this paper is to describe Sweden’s recent reforms to open the railway passenger markets to entry, and to addresses four critical issues for the success of the reforms; the allocation of infrastructure capacity, the provision of maintenance and terminal facilities, the access to rolling stock and the provision of information and ticketing to travelers. The analysis shows that the legislation and regulatory tools that are needed to handle these challenges to a large extent remain to be developed.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Rail bound transport

Passenger transport

Deregulation

Capacity (traffic network)

Rolling stock

Passenger information

Railway station

Depot (transp)

Järnvägstransporter

Persontransporter

Avreglering

Kapacitet (trafiknät)

Rullande materiel

Resenärsinformation

Järnvägsstationer

Fordonshallar

Railway: Organization and administration

Railway: Organization and administration

Railway: Passenger transport

Railway: Passenger transport

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

rap (subject category)