<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article analyses railway transport markets in three neighbouring Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany (specifically Bavaria and Saxony), with a focus on regional transportation. It examines the organisational form of public transport resulting from regionalisation and provides comparative case studies of regional train services in these countries. The article points out the organisational differences in public transportation between the studied regions and tries to connect these results with the supply of regional train services on various types of lines and in different geographical areas.</p></abstract>

The article analyses railway transport markets in three neighbouring Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany (specifically Bavaria and Saxony), with a focus on regional transportation. It examines the organisational form of public transport resulting from regionalisation and provides comparative case studies of regional train services in these countries. The article points out the organisational differences in public transportation between the studied regions and tries to connect these results with the supply of regional train services on various types of lines and in different geographical areas.

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Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic, tel.: +420 549 497 228

Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of International Studies, U Kříže 8, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic

Review of Economic Perspectives

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Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets

The article analyses railway transport markets in three neighbouring Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany (specifically Bavaria...

Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets¹

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2015

Pagine: 431 - 450

Ricevuto: 14 ott 2015

Accettato: 05 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2015-0029

Parole chiave
Railway transport, Regionalisation, Decentralisation, Regional train services, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany

© 2015 Daniel Seidenglanz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets1

Pubblicato online: 30 dic 2015

Pagine: 431 - 450

Ricevuto: 14 ott 2015

Accettato: 05 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2015-0029

Parole chiaveRailway transport, Regionalisation, Decentralisation, Regional train services, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany

© 2015 Daniel Seidenglanz et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets¹

Parole chiave
Railway transport, Regionalisation, Decentralisation, Regional train services, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany