Research for TRAN Committee - Passenger night trains in Europe: the end of the line?
Study
05-05-2017
The number of passenger night trains offering sleeping accommodation operated within Europe has declined rapidly since around 2010. This paper presents findings on what drives the financial, economic, social and environmental viability of services and hence decisions on whether to operate them or subsidise them. It presents conclusions and recommendations for the monitoring, management and regulation of the sector.
Study
External author
Steer Davies Gleave: Gordon Bird, Jim Collins, Niccolò Da Settimo, Dick Dunmore, Simon Ellis, Mohammad Khan, Michelle Kwok, Tom Leach, Alberto Preti, Davide Ranghetti, Christoph Vollath ; Politecnico di Milano for Steer Davies Gleave: Paolo Beria, Antonio Laurino, Dario Nistri
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Policy area
Keyword
- accounting
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- carriage of passengers
- case study
- charges for use of infrastructure
- common transport policy
- consumption
- cost analysis
- documentation
- economic analysis
- economic analysis
- economic geography
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU Member State
- Europe
- GEOGRAPHY
- land transport
- organisation of transport
- passenger tariff
- political geography
- rail transport
- railway tariff
- Russia
- services of general interest
- State aid
- TRADE
- TRANSPORT
- transport policy