Methods and requirements for railway infrastructure access charging systems as regards fair and efficient pricing

摘要

The whole debate about infrastructure access charging systems for the rail sector (as for other transport modes) 1. is predominantly focussed on costs and thereby focussed on resources (hence the strong link with the debate on solving the issue of infrastructure costs); 2. from the market standpoint, rail transport's position is determined by its strongest rival on the transport market, the road mode.