Cost that is Directly Incurred as a Result of Operating the Train Service on the 1520 mm Rail with Primarily Freight Transportation

Transportation Research Procedia 2016
Justīna Hudenko, Natalija Ribakova, Remigijs Počs

Under the Directive 2012/34/EU (21 November 2012) "the charges for … [rail] infrastructure … shall be set at the cost that is directly incurred as a result of operating the train service". This charging rule is new for Baltic States’ railways, where due to the favorable geographic position a full cost application without detalization was possible. Although, a big number of relevant studies on the issue was made in EU, all of them covered only 1435mm railways with primarily passenger transportation. This study has been made in order to understand the impact of train operating on 1520mm rail infrastructure with primarily freight transportation. A gradual model of infrastructure charging process in the Baltic States rail networks has been introduced as a result of this study.

Keywords
railway costs; charging model; 1520mm railway
DOI
10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.158
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146516301594?via%3Dihub

Hudenko, J., Ribakova, N., Počs, R. Cost that is Directly Incurred as a Result of Operating the Train Service on the 1520 mm Rail with Primarily Freight Transportation. Transportation Research Procedia, 2016, Vol.14, pp.1914-1922. ISSN 2352-1465. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.158

Publication language
English (en)