Europe's railways are going through a period of radical restructuring in the drive to improve their efficiency and competitiveness. The emphasis is on fostering commercial freedom through a clearer separation of the roles of the State and of rail enterprises and through a progressive opening of...

Abstract: Das Buch eröffnet eine neue Perspektive für die entscheidende Phase der deutschen Eisenbahnreform. Die verbreitete Forderung zur „Trennung von Netz und Betrieb“ als notwendige Bedingung für einen Erfolg der Reform wird in Frage gestellt. Alternative Zukunftsmodelle -...

Although huge, Chinese Railways are a bottleneck for economic growth in China. The state-owned enterprise returns a small profit but is severely capacity constrained and burdened with inefficiency. Based on interviews with Chinese experts, benchmarking with railways in the US, Germany, Russia,...

Chapter1: Simulation of Rail Operations -- Chapter2: Capacity Assessment in Railway Networks -- Chapter3: Aggregation methods for railway network design based on lifted Benders Cuts -- Chapter4: Freight Train Routing -- Chapter5: Robust Train Timetabling -- Chapter6: Modern Challenges in...

Competitive tendering provides a way to introduce competition to railways whilst preserving an integrated network of services. It has been used for freight railways in some countries but is particularly attractive for passenger networks when subsidised services make competition between trains...

Abstract: Die Arbeit zeigt auf Grundlage einer ökonomischen Analyse, dass es für das volkswirtschaftliche Effizienzziel vorteilhaft und damit regulatorisch geboten ist, einen diskriminierungsfreien Teilleistungszugang für Dritte im Briefbereich zu realisieren, und auf welchen Stufen dieser...