Competition and ownership in land passenger transport : workshop proceedings of the fourth international conference on competition and ownership in land passenger transport, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, July 10-12, 1995 : Part 2.

In the rail industry worldwide, there has been a search for new solutions, including restructuring, corporatization, and outright privatization, but the complexity of the rail industry offers special problems. The Workshop looked in detail at the British, Swedish, German, Australian (New South Wales) and New Zealand experiences, as well as considering more general issues such as cost structures, vertical separation and competitive tendering. Whilst it was agreed that some developments, such as greater contracting out, were clearly beneficial, other developments such as the separation of infrastructure from operations remained of uncertain value until the issues of efficient pricing and slot allocation were resolved. (For details of Part 1 of the conference see C 12184 fo (IRRD 882473).