‘Apply one single price on European rail corridors’
On European rail freight corridors, one single price should apply. Currently, the method for calculating track access charges differs greatly among countries, which means procedures and rules are complicated. It would be more logical if...Read more
‘Discounts for noise reduction in trains should be mandatory in EU’
The Dutch government pleads for a mandatory bonus scheme on EU level incentivising the retrofitting of wagons. Retrofitting is the most cost-effective way to reduce noise pollution, but this should not be limited to a...Read more
CERRE compares track access charges of railways in 4 European countries
Do the levels of track access charges in Europe really reflect the relevant costs? That is a question the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) has tried to answer. A group of researchers has analysed...Read more
‘European track access charges international freight more or less harmonised’
When comparing track access charges for international freight trains in different countries, we have somewhat of a harmonised level in Europe, concluded associate professor of Graz University of Technology Stefan Marschnig at the Track Access...Read more
ERFA: ‘In fact, all railways are tollgates’
In the rail freight sector, operators pay for every train kilometre. In principle, this makes all railways tollgates, while only 20 per cent of European highways and main roads require toll. A new balance must...Read more