Open access passenger rail competition in the Czech Republic

Tomeš, Zdeněk; Kvizda, Martin; Jandová, Monika; Rederer, Václav

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.02.003

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“…This is especially true, if TOCs o↵er connecting trains and passengers anticipate the problem of missed connections. Apart from departure times, frequency and service quality, TOCs can compete on fares, speed, stops and other characteristics (Tomeš et al, 2016). For simplicity, we concentrate on fares only.…”

Section: The Impact Of Delays On the Welfare Effects Of On-track Compmentioning

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The impact of delays on the welfare effects of on-track competition: The case of transfer passengers with operator-tied tickets

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Sieg

2020

Research in Transportation Economics

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When connecting trains may be missed due to delays, and passengers are insu ciently flexible due to operator-tied ticketing, ontrack competition may reduce e↵ective frequency. We analyze passengers who share ↵ preferences for being on time and a price-sensitive demand, but di↵er in the preferred arrival time. If the probability of missing a connection due to a delay is suciently high, both producer and consumer surplus in a duopoly with reduced e↵ective frequency is smaller than in the monopoly case. Apart from reducing unpunctuality, ensuring the transferability of tickets, and switching to competition for the market, may constitute (regulatory) remedies. JEL: L92, L98, R48

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Section: The Impact Of Delays On the Welfare Effects Of On-track Compmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of delays on the welfare effects of on-track competition: The case of transfer passengers with operator-tied tickets

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Sieg

2020

Research in Transportation Economics

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“…In the Czech Republic, two new entrants arrived on the Prague–Ostrava route: RegioJet since 2008, and Leo Express since 2012. The market share of new operators for these services reached almost 40% according to Tomeš, Kvizda, Nigrin, and Seidenglanz (2014) and Tomeš, Kvizda, Jandova, and Rederer (2016) or 50% according to CMA (2016). Moreover, in both cases, the arrival of new entrants has had a great impact on prices on the market: after the entry of these new operators, ticket fares decreased by 33% to 50% in both markets.…”

Section: Rail Liberalization and Barriers To Entrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of the evolution of high-speed railway infrastructure on the success of Italian liberalization

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Brunel

Sigaud

2019

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries

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The arrival of a new operator on the Italian high-speed railway (HSR) market, its maintanance and its market share made Italian open access experience one of the most successful liberalization models in the HSR sector. Researchers noticed that since the entry of the new operator, expansion of Italian HSR market is mostly due to the presence of this new operator. The aim of this article is to establish whether there were some other characteristics of the Italian HSR market that may explain this success even if it may be in opposition with what theory commonly suggests about competition in HSR markets. This research tries to do a complementary analysis by making a comparison with another successful HSR market that is not already liberalized: the French HSR market. After retracing supply, demand and markets maturity of Rome–Milan and Paris–Marseille lines, results reveal that supply and demand evolutions in both markets were very similar, if not identical after the commissioning of HSR. It suggests that liberalization may not be the only explanation of the significant evolution of Italian HSR market but that the opening of new infrastructures may also lead to positive trends that remain until markets reach a high level of maturity. This maturity understood as the residual capacity of the network and partially determined by infrastructure improvement seems to be another variable that had influenced the success of NTV. Indeed, before liberalization, Italian HSR network was far from saturation that allowed new entrant to capture important market shares.

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“…In Czechia, open-access competition in the passenger railway sector already started in 2011 on the Prague -Ostrava route where the three major operators include the national operator, České dráhy (ČD), and two private players, RegioJet since 2011 and LEO Express since 2013 (Jade et al 2015). According to Tomeš et al 2016, open access on the Prague -Ostrava route is evolving with rate declines and service improvements, but all of the competitors are operating at a loss, and open-access competition has increased congestion on this main railway artery.…”

Section: Deregulation Liberalisation and Competition In Passenger Rmentioning

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Changes, problems, and challenges of passenger railway transport in Slovakia

Michniak¹

2018

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Changes, problems, and challenges of passenger railway transport in Slovakia The passenger railway transport system in Slovakia, during the last almost thirty years, has undergone many changes and it has faced many problems and new challenges. The change of the socioeconomic system, the splitting of Czechoslovakia, the process of accession to the EU and membership of Slovakia have influenced transport system in Slovakia. The main aim of this article is to identify main changes, problems and challenges of passenger railway transport in Slovakia after 1989. Attention is paid to the changing position of railway transport in the transport of persons in Slovakia. Article is also focused on the changes of organisation of railway transport in Slovakia and its deregulation, liberalisation, and starting of competition in passenger railway transport with the example of comparison of the operation of the state and the private carriers. The specific governmental measure, a zero-fare public railway transport services for selected groups of passengers, has significantly influenced a passenger railway transport in Slovakia since 2014.

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Open access passenger rail competition in the Czech Republic

Cited by 56 publications

References 11 publications

The impact of delays on the welfare effects of on-track competition: The case of transfer passengers with operator-tied tickets

The impact of delays on the welfare effects of on-track competition: The case of transfer passengers with operator-tied tickets

Influence of the evolution of high-speed railway infrastructure on the success of Italian liberalization

Changes, problems, and challenges of passenger railway transport in Slovakia

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