Opening the tracks: The impact of rail liberalization on ridership growth in the Czech Republic

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101567" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101567</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Opening the tracks: The impact of rail liberalization on ridership growth in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Czech Republic has carried out dedicated rail liberalization. Two major lines, Prague–Ostrava and Prague–Brno, were opened for on-track competition and entered by private operators. These entries led to fare declines, frequency increases, and quality improvements. Ridership increased significantly, but it has not been clear what part of the ridership growth has been caused by competition and what part by other factors. We used data about Czech rail ridership that consists of 12 long-distance connections from Prague to regional centres. Four were routes with competition and eight were routes operated solely by the incumbent. This design enables differentiation of what part of the ridership increases was caused by competition and what part by other factors. The main result is that after controlling for economic growth and travel-time improvements, ridership on lines with competition grew by 5 % p.a. more than it did on lines without competition.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Opening the tracks: The impact of rail liberalization on ridership growth in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Czech Republic has carried out dedicated rail liberalization. Two major lines, Prague–Ostrava and Prague–Brno, were opened for on-track competition and entered by private operators. These entries led to fare declines, frequency increases, and quality improvements. Ridership increased significantly, but it has not been clear what part of the ridership growth has been caused by competition and what part by other factors. We used data about Czech rail ridership that consists of 12 long-distance connections from Prague to regional centres. Four were routes with competition and eight were routes operated solely by the incumbent. This design enables differentiation of what part of the ridership increases was caused by competition and what part by other factors. The main result is that after controlling for economic growth and travel-time improvements, ridership on lines with competition grew by 5 % p.a. more than it did on lines without competition.

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CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

20104 - Transport engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_026%2F0008430" target="_blank" >EF16_026/0008430: Nová mobilita - vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Research in Transportation Economics

ISSN

0739-8859

e-ISSN

1875-7979

Svazek periodika

111

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

June

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

1-9

Kód UT WoS článku

001498045100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105005371597