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Efficient capacity allocation on deregulated railway markets
VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden; Linköping University, Sweden.
Linköping University, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Mobility and Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0236-783x
2022 (English)In: Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management, ISSN 2210-9706, E-ISSN 2210-9714, Vol. 21, article id 100294Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

As railway markets are increasingly deregulated, coordinating and prioritising between capacity requests becomes more complex and more important. This paper describes the advantages and challenges of different allocation methods in vertically separated open-access railway markets, with several railway operators and heterogeneous traffic, and where a public infrastructure manager must resolve operators’ conflicting path requests. Three broad groups of allocation methods are described: administrative methods, allocation by social cost-benefit analysis and willingness-to-pay based allocation. We describe pros and cons of these allocation principles for three different market segments: commercial traffic with long planning horizons, (subsidized) traffic controlled by public transport agencies, and traffic with short planning horizons. We then outline an allocation process that meets the requirements of a deregulated market better than conventional methods. It is a mixed method, which uses an auction-like mechanism to allocate pre-defined paths to commercial operators on specified, capacity-constrained lines. The net social benefits of capacity reserved for traffic controlled by public transport agencies is assessed through social cost-benefit analysis of timetables. The benefits decrease when timetables are adjusted to make room for additional commercial train paths; the size of this loss determines the reservation price of the auction-like mechanism. Dynamic pricing is used for short-term allocation on congested line segments. © 2021

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Elsevier B.V. , 2022. Vol. 21, article id 100294
Keywords [en]
Capacity allocation, Cost-benefit analysis, Deregulation, railway, Scarcity pricing, Commerce, Cost benefit analysis, Economic and social effects, Railroad transportation, Railroads, Scheduling, Allocation methods, Cost-benefits analysis, Efficient capacities, OpenAccess, Planning horizons, Public transport, Railway market, Social cost, Costs
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Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-59043DOI: 10.1016/j.jrtpm.2021.100294Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122341055OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-59043DiVA, id: diva2:1653248
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 Funding text 1: Funding from the Swedish Transport Administration is gratefully acknowledged.

Available from: 2022-04-21 Created: 2022-04-21 Last updated: 2023-05-25Bibliographically approved

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