This report examines the form regulation should take in rail freight markets to promote efficiency in railways and the … rail industry. Experience in North America, Australia, Japan, the European Union and countries from eastern and western …

by rail, comprising 2.5 million TEU from sea and 0.5 million TEU from air. While it concludes that it is not possible to … programme. This paper focuses on the scope for rail services between China and Europe to attract freight currently travelling by … sea and air, and the resulting changes in relative accessibility and competitive attractiveness of different maritime and …

As rail represents an efficient and sustainable transport system, the Trans-European railway network has become subject … to special attention from European transport policy. The political objectives are to shift 30 % of freight to rail by … 2030, 50 % by 2050, and to reduce passenger trips on road and in the air. These make it necessary to develop the defined …