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Regionalization of passenger regional railway transport : experiences from France and Italy
[La régionalisation du transport ferroviaire régional de voyageurs : expériences françaises et italiennes]

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  • Claudia Burlando

    (DIEM - Dipartimento di Economia e Metodi quantitativi - UniGe - Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa)

  • Laurent Guihéry

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Railway regional passenger transport is experiencing since 1970 in France and Italy but also in the main European countries a decline in modal split facing car mobility. To inverse this trend, the regionalization of railway regional passenger transport is today implemented in France and Italy. This reform is still in both countries in process and will have some impacts on the regional service by opening the field to service's contracts between transport authorities and operators (only the national operator SNCF in France is allowed). In this paper, we analyze the framework of regional railway passenger in France and Italy. We highlight then the impact of the regionalization reform for both countries. We show that regionalization is based on a double negotiation process: first, with the central State, it deals with the determining of financial grants due to this transfer of competence without transfer of charges. Secondly, it deals with a negotiation for establishing a convention Transport Authority/Regions and Operators. Organization and financing competence, communication, pricing, quality control will be competencies of the regions. We will then conclude by showing the challenge and limits of the reform. What are the brakes of the regionalization reform in France and Italy?

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  • Claudia Burlando & Laurent Guihéry, 2004. "Regionalization of passenger regional railway transport : experiences from France and Italy [La régionalisation du transport ferroviaire régional de voyageurs : expériences françaises et italiennes," Post-Print halshs-00069345, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00069345
    DOI: 10.46298/cst.12023
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    1. Bruno Faivre d'Arcier, 2002. "Les premiers pas de la régionalisation ferroviaire," Post-Print halshs-00088765, HAL.
    2. Andrea Boitani & Carlo Cambini, 2002. "Il trasporto pubblico locale in Italia. Dopo la riforma i difficili albori di un mercato," Mercato Concorrenza Regole, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 45-72.
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    1. Guihéry, Laurent, 2014. "Competition in regional passenger rail transport in Germany (Leipzig) and lessons to be drawn for France," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 298-304.

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