The note first presents a brief overview of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges that it is … and to secure the successful integration of the Croatian railway sector into the European Union (EU). It highlights the …

not be able to emerge without a dramatic restructuring of its governance and organization. TCDD operates the state railway …

understand the current conditions of the railway sector,assess the policy options for modernizing it and help chart a course … ahead. Railway performance is benchmarked against a number of regional comparator countries and against the European Union … average. The financial performance of each railway has been examined by main business sectors (freight, passenger and network …

services separated public railway infrastructure from operation of railway transport services; the track access charges that … improving railway operating efficiency included reducing the State-owned railway company staff by 40 percent; creating a holding … fiscal space. Overcoming the railway industry's challenges will be difficult and should not be underestimated; the current …

-scale railway development began in other parts of the continent. In almost every case, the pattern was the same, with isolated lines … concessioning is just a temporary solution or whether some alternative approach is needed to ensure a long-term future for railway …

This report describes and explains how, in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has contributed and responded … possibilities that lie ahead. In 1949, China had only 22,000 km of poorly maintained and war-damaged railway line, less than 1 …,000 km of which was double-tracked with none being electrified. Since then, the government has transformed the railway sector …

railway networks, which will provide the starting point for efforts to increase rail in the transport mix. This report … analysis and comparisons across regions. The data have been collected from various public sources - annual railway or regulator …, Australasia, and northeast Asia), private mining railways and China, whose railway network has been covered in numerous other …