Cost that is Directly Incurred as a Result of Operating the Train Service on the 1520 mm Rail with Primarily Freight Transportation

Justina Hudenko, Natalija Ribakova, Remigijs Pocs
2016 Transportation Research Procedia  
Under the Directive 2012/34/EU (21 November 2012) "the charges for ... [rail] infrastructure ... shall be set at the cost that is directly incurred as a result of operating the train service". This charging rule is new for Baltic States' railways, where due to the favorable geographic position a full cost application without detalization was possible. Although, a big number of relevant studies on the issue was made in EU, all of them covered only 1435 mm railways with primarily passenger
more » ... rtation. This study has been made in order to understand the impact of train operating on 1520 mm rail infrastructure with primarily freight transportation. A gradual model of infrastructure charging process in the Baltic States rail networks has been introduced as a result of this study.
doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.158 fatcat:fomeirecfrbjthffoy5rkvxdsi