PRORATA - Profitability of Rail Transport and Adaptability of Railways

Funding origin:

European

STRIA Roadmaps:

Network and traffic management systems (NTM)

Transport mode:

Rail

Duration:

Start date: 01/01/1997,

End date: 01/12/1998

Status: Finished

Funding details:

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The challenge facing Europe's railways is to halt and reverse the

long-term trend of declining markets and lost traffic (predominantly to

road), poor performance, under-investment and low productivity. This

challenge was made explicit in the 1996 White Paper on railway

revitalisation, which stressed the critical importance of improved

commercial performance and greater private sector initiative and

involvement in rail operations.

The aim of the project was to propose measures to increase the

competitiveness of railways in long-distance and international traffic. In

particular the project aimed to identify existing and new marketing

strategies for rail and to develop practical action plans for

implementation.

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