Abstract: The report aims at presenting an overview of the regulatory changes in the Swedish railway sector, regarding passenger services as well as freight services. This includes showing to what extent competition has been introduced, and the presence of new entrants in different parts of the sector. The report is based upon studying Government bills concerning the railways, previous research reports, annual reports and interviews with people in the industry. A large part of the report is devoted to a description of the development of the Swedish transport policy and railway regulations 1979-98. The type of competition for passenger services and freight services is described broadly, in the former case focusing on the public procurement of railway traffic carried out by regional and national authorities. One section deals with the new entrants, including the ones that entered but had to exit. Finally, the findings concerning the studied process of regulatory changes are summarised. An analysis of the effects is presented, regarding the market shares of the new entrants for different parts of the market. (A)
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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