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Operating-economic Evaluation of Long-haul Passenger Train Routes

Creating a single market of railways in the European Union leads to liberalization of railway passenger transport, what increases the competition level of transport companies. The purpose of market transformation is sustainable economic development besides increasing quality of transportation and people mobility. Liberalization of passenger transport market is current trend therefore transport companies tend to attach more importance to economic aspects. Basic objective of each transport company is to decrease the costs and increase revenues from transportation. From economic point of view, transport companies should evaluate all routes, which they operate trains on. Comparison of costs and revenues would show them the economic efficiency of the route. Preconditions of operating-economic evaluation are analysis of passengers’ habits and transport availability in the region. Other important part is the train technology, which consists of timetable, plan of the vehicles circulation and run of the train requisites. Tariff rates have got a profound impact to revenues. The route could be economically effective only in case, when the revenues are higher than costs. The article focused on methodology for evaluating the operation of long-haul passenger trains from economic point of view. General methodology is then applied to case study about long-haul passenger trains in Slovakia.

railway transport, passenger transportation, transport economics, train route

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