Switzerland

Book chapter (2018)

Authors

D.M. van de Velde Organisation & Governance - TPM , Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Research Group
Organisation & Governance (TPM) (TU Delft)
More Info
expand_more

Published Date

2018

Language

English

Reuse Rights

Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Multi Actor Systems

Research Group

Organisation & Governance

Abstract

Switzerland counts a large number of railway companies. Shared use of infrastructures exists for many years, as well as through-ticketing arrangements and integrated information systems. Concerns about the efficiency of the Swiss passenger transport system have recently triggered a reform of the legal and regulatory framework. This chapter focuses on Switzerland presents the legal and regulatory framework and the considerations which led to the current situation. It describes two case studies. The one illustrating the tendering of a line which was owned and operated by the Federal railways and the other illustrating the implementation of Cantonal legislation as a consequence of the regionalisation of the subsidisation of the regional railway services in the Canton of Bern. Regular passenger transport concessions give an exclusive right to scheduled transport passengers on a specific route. Such concessions are meant to give to the authorities an instrument to guarantee efficient public transport in the whole of Switzerland.