Now that railway infrastructure and train operations have been separated in Europe -- at least for accounting purposes … -- user charges for infrastructure are progressively being introduced to cover the costs of running trains. However, because … economic principles that can help to shed light on what a rational system of user charges for railway infrastructure might be …

This Round Table discusses changes in national systems of transport infrastructure planning and the lessons for the … further improvement of planning processes. It covers the following issues: the rationale of transport infrastructure planning …, reforms of infrastructure financing and pricing. This report contains background papers reporting on the national experiences …