Competition LIFTS rail's share of Swiss transalpine market

SWITZERLAND LIES at the very heart of the European rail freight market. The number of lorries in transit between Germany and Italy reached 1.3 million in 2000, and mandatory goals enshrined in law since 1999 have been set that should halve this number by 2009. New base tunnels are being driven under...

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Published in:Railway Gazette International 2005-05, Vol.161 (5), p.261-263
Main Author: Stahl, Dirk
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Business models
Competition
Cross border transactions
Customer services
Freight
Impact analysis
Liberalization
Market shares
Quality of service
Railroad crossings
Railroad transportation
Railway networks
Trains
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Summary:SWITZERLAND LIES at the very heart of the European rail freight market. The number of lorries in transit between Germany and Italy reached 1.3 million in 2000, and mandatory goals enshrined in law since 1999 have been set that should halve this number by 2009. New base tunnels are being driven under the existing Gotthard and Lotschberg routes, but genuine competition between rail freight companies has already turned the tide. Rail's share of road-Frail transit tonnage actually went up from 63% in 2003 to 65% last year. By European standards, this is a very high market share. The extent to which liberalisation of the rail freight market has contributed to raising both the quality and quantity, putting Switzerland at the heart of what we believe is a truly dynamic change, was impressively illustrated last year in a study by 1M/1/Kirchner that sets out the current situation regarding liberalisation and , competition in the European rail freight market.
ISSN:0373-5346