Trains across borders: Comparative studies on international cooperation in railway development

Dr. Martin Schiefelbusch

doi:10.5771/9783845250397

Summary

Eisenbahnen verkehren über politische Grenzen wie andere Verkehrsmittel auch. Das Buch untersucht anhand von drei Fallstudien, wie sich gemeinsame Vorstellungen für den Bahnverkehr entwickelten - oder auch nicht entwickelten. Themen sind Angebotskonzepte, Tarife und Infrastruktur als zentrale Gestaltungsbereiche des Bahnverkehrs mit Beispielen des späten 19. Jahrhunderts und der Zeit nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

An Grenzen treffen oft unterschiedliche politische wie planerische Ziele aufeinander. Gerade auf der Schiene ist jedoch besonders viel Abstimmung erforderlich, um auch für internationale Verkehre ein gutes Angebot machen zu können. Dabei geht es nicht nur um kompatible technische Standards, sondern es ist auch eine Abstimmung von Ideen und Konzepten erforderlich.

Auch in der Gegenwart ist zu erleben, wie schwer sich Schritte (zurück) zu einem „europäischen“ Bahnsystem im Widerstreit mit technischer Komplexität, zunehmender Konkurrenz und unterschiedlichen Ideen umsetzen lassen.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-0855-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-5039-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Historische Dimensionen Europäischer Integration
Volume: 19
Language: English
Pages: 303
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8 Martin Schiefelbusch
Abbreviations No access Pages 9 - 10 Martin Schiefelbusch
List of figures No access Pages 11 - 12 Martin Schiefelbusch
List of tables No access Pages 13 - 14 Martin Schiefelbusch
1. Crossing borders - a simple and complicated task No access Pages 15 - 16 Martin Schiefelbusch
2. Overview of contents No access Pages 16 - 18 Martin Schiefelbusch
3. Governing infrastructures - the research context No access Pages 18 - 20 Martin Schiefelbusch
4. Standardisation and integration - key definitions No access Pages 20 - 23 Martin Schiefelbusch
5. The “railway age” and “automobile age” as periods of study No access Pages 23 - 24 Martin Schiefelbusch
6. The Railway as means of integration: the shrinking of spatial distances No access Pages 24 - 26 Martin Schiefelbusch
7. The Railway as object of integration: the need for coordination in the system No access Pages 26 - 32 Martin Schiefelbusch
1. Introduction, topic and definitions No access Pages 33 - 34 Martin Schiefelbusch
2. Data sources No access Pages 34 - 36 Martin Schiefelbusch
3. 1. The railways on the transport market - debates on integration and equity No access Pages 36 - 41 Martin Schiefelbusch
  2. Instruments for international collaboration and integration No access Pages 41 - 44 Martin Schiefelbusch
  3. Long distance and international service development No access Pages 44 - 47 Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Calls for closer cooperation No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. The basic options No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. The power of established structures No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. The railways’ challenged position No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. The “allocation” of transport tasks No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Trans Europ Express - a soft standard for service and vehicle concepts No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. The UIC’s Prospective Research Commission No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Customer care standards No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. Rethinking international express services around 1970 No access Martin Schiefelbusch
  4. Infrastructure development No access Pages 67 - 68 Martin Schiefelbusch
5. Analysis No access Pages 68 - 72 Martin Schiefelbusch
6. Outlook No access Pages 72 - 82 Martin Schiefelbusch
1. Introduction: From vision to agreement No access Pages 83 - 86 Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Geographical overview and key historical data No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. The geopolitical situation: a case of balancing and uniting interests No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Institutional arrangements: a “connecting” project No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. Construction - an example of forced collaboration No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Decades of debate No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. Early ideas No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Choice of route No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. Alternatives? No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    5. Nationalisation or “the cow stupid enough to let itself be milked to death” No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. The international treaties and the standard of service No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. Case study: International infrastructure connections No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Case study: The first timetable for the Gotthardbahn No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Setting No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. National requirements - conflicting needs No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Route selection: From a 70m high fixed link to “incremental improvements” No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. Institutional arrangements No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Defining the collaboration No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. Competitive manoeuvering: Temporary solutions? No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Funding: The challenge of breaking even No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. A competitive market: Monopolists under pressure No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    5. Beat the queues? Growth of demand and addition to capacity No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Planning the offer No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. Enhancement of feeder routes No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    3. Rail freight services - the “matter of life and death” No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    4. Standardisation of vessels No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    5. Take your competitor on board: The VFL as an intermodal link No access Martin Schiefelbusch
4. Synthesis No access Pages 194 - 203 Martin Schiefelbusch
5. Outlook No access Pages 203 - 216 Martin Schiefelbusch
1. 1. The case studies No access Pages 217 - 218 Martin Schiefelbusch
  2. Research review and approach No access Pages 218 - 220 Martin Schiefelbusch
2. The role of fare standards in railway development No access Pages 220 - 224 Martin Schiefelbusch
3. 1. Terminology No access Pages 224 - 227 Martin Schiefelbusch
  2. Origins and driving forces No access Pages 227 - 229 Martin Schiefelbusch
  3. Introduction No access Pages 229 - 229 Martin Schiefelbusch
  4. Discussion on the details of the offer No access Pages 229 - 231 Martin Schiefelbusch
  5. Permanent establishment of the flexible ticket book No access Pages 231 - 231 Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. “External parameters” – prices, terms and conditions, area of validity No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. “Internal parameters” - organisational arrangements, ticket handling and design, revenue allocation No access Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. Attempts for reform within the existing system No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. Alternative models No access Martin Schiefelbusch
  8. Usage patterns and volumes No access Pages 254 - 257 Martin Schiefelbusch
  9. Societal impacts No access Pages 257 - 259 Martin Schiefelbusch
4. 1. Origins and driving forces No access Pages 259 - 264 Martin Schiefelbusch
  2. Decision process and introduction No access Pages 264 - 266 Martin Schiefelbusch
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    1. “External parameters” – prices, terms and conditions, area of validity No access Martin Schiefelbusch
    2. “Internal parameters” - organisational arrangements, ticket handling and design, revenue allocation No access Martin Schiefelbusch
  4. Usage patterns and volumes No access Pages 278 - 281 Martin Schiefelbusch
  5. Societal impacts No access Pages 281 - 283 Martin Schiefelbusch
5. Synthesis No access Pages 283 - 294 Martin Schiefelbusch
Integration, co-operation and standardisation - a comment No access Pages 295 - 302 Christian Henrich-Franke
Autorenverzeichnis No access Pages 303 - 303 Martin Schiefelbusch