In the rail sector, high traffic density during peakhours generates an additional delay on other users, so an external cost. In this context, track access charges may reflect the correct marginal social cost of adding a train. This chapter uses French infrastructure manager data to assess the relationship between traffic and delay. It investigates one form of rail congestion, and shows that the economics of congestion in rail transport is smaller in comparison with road transport. The chapter proposes an economic analysis of congestion in rail transport, and presents an econometrical analysis of delays on the French rail network, which establishes a relationship between delays and heavy traffic in several points of the French network. A mathematical framework empirically estimates the marginal congestion cost in railways. The mathematical framework enables to isolate the marginal effect of a train on the total delays.


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    Titel :

    Rail Externalities: Assessing the Social Cost of Rail Congestion


    Beteiligte:
    Cohen, Simon (Herausgeber:in) / Yannis, George (Herausgeber:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2016-05-27


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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