A Comparison of Overseas Railway Systems: Their Policy Trends and Performance

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A Comparison of Overseas Railway Systems: Their Policy Trends and Performance

During the last decade, the major railway systems around the world have undergone a fundamental reappraisal of their place in the economy in general, and their transport purpose, in particular. This Paper examines the railway systems of eight countries, including Australia, to see how they responded to a changing competitive environment, focusing on institutional and organisational restructuring that had taken place to revitalise them and to improve their performance.

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