Report of the Sixty-fifth Round table on transport economics : held in Paris on 15th-16th February 1984 on the following topics : public transport in rural areas : scheduled and non-scheduled services

273 Pages·1984·3.261 MB·English

by  OECD

ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE
REPORT OF
THE SIXTY-FIFTH ROUND TABLE
ON TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
Held in Paris on 15th-16th February 1984
on the following topic:
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
IN RURAL AREAS:
SCHEDULED AND
NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES
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OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT [ECMT]
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a) to take whatever measures may be necessary to achieve, at general or regional level, the most
efficient use and rational development of European inland transport of international impor
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b) to co-ordinate and promote the activities of international organisations concerned with European
inland transport, taking into account the work of supranational authorities in this field.
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and organisation of railways and road transport; problems concerning inland waterway transport and
combined transport; development of European trunk lines of communication; problems concerning urban
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PubliC en franc;ais sous le titre:
LE TRANSPORT PUBLIC
DANS LES AIRES RURALES:
TRANSPORT DE LIGNE
ET DE RAMASSAGE
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SUMMARY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN RURAL AREAS:
SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES
BELGIUM
P. DUBUS (cid:9) 5
DENMARK
P.O. PEDERSEN (cid:9) 67
FRANCE
A. TARRIUS (cid:9) 103
GERMANY
V. and J. SPARMANN (cid:9) 143
SWITZERLAND
D. GENTON and G. RATHEY (cid:9) 171
UNITED KINGDOM
B.M.M. BARRETT (cid:9) 197
SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION
(Round Table debate on the reports) (cid:9) 255
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (cid:9) 267
ECMT ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE
Forthcoming publications (cid:9) 270

BELGIUM
P. DUBUS
Ingenieur en Chef
Societe Nationale des
Chemins de Fer Beiges
BRUSSELS
Belgium

SUMMARY
THE RE-ORGANISATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF PASSENGER
TRAIN AND BUS SERVICES BETWEEN CHARLEROI-COUVIN
Chapter I: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION UNDER
CONSIDERATION (cid:9) 13
1. GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES (cid:9) 13
2 . MAIN DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FEATURES (cid:9) 13
2.1 Population (cid:9) 13
2.2 Employment (cid:9) 14
3. ORGANISATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT PRESENT (cid:9) 14
3.1 Railways (cid:9) 14
3.2 Buses (cid:9) 17
3.3 Transport supply and journey times (cid:9) 17
Chapter II: TRANSPORT DEMAND (cid:9) 19
1. INTRODUCTION (cid:9) 19
2. REASONS FOR TRAVEL (cid:9) 20
3. POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND DESTINATION (cid:9) 20
3.1 Analysis of findings (cid:9) 21
3.2 Implications in terms of working out a new
system of services for the region (cid:9) 21
4. ANALYSIS OF JOURNEYS IN TERMS OF TIME (cid:9) 25
4.1 Travel days (cid:9) 25
4.2 Times of journeys (cid:9) 25
4.3 Time required for the journey between the
station and the workplace/school (cid:9) 26
4.4 Implications with respect to determining a
new system of transport services (cid:9) 26
5. ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABLE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TRAIN SERVICES
ON LINE 132 (cid:9) 29
5.1 Estimate of the potential market (cid:9) 29
5.2 Main factors influencing the railways' share
of the total number of journeys (cid:9) 30
5.3 Estimates of the railways' market share .... 32
5.4 Estimate of probable number of passengers .. 33
5.5 Future trends in probable number of
passengers (cid:9) 34
5.6 Conclusions (cid:9) 36
Chapter III: TRANSPORT SUPPLY (cid:9) 38
1. INVESTMENT (cid:9) 38
2. THE QUESTION OF JOURNEY TIMES AND HALTS (cid:9) 40
2.1 Journey times (cid:9) 40
2.2 Halts (cid:9) 41
3. DIFFERENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES TO BE
EMPLOYED (cid:9) 43
3.1 Basic principles (cid:9) 43
3.2 Description of the different transport
plans (cid:9) 44
3.3 Bus services (cid:9) 46
Chapter IV: ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ... 49
1. TIME REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE VARIANTS (cid:9) 49
1.1 Operation with diesel tractive units only
(variants 1 and 5a) (cid:9) 49
1.2 Operation with electric tractive units
(variants 2, 3, 4 and 5b) (cid:9) 50
2. ESTIMATES OF RAILWAYS OPERATING REVENUE AND
EXPENDITURE (SNCB) (cid:9) 50
2.1 Revenue (cid:9) 50
2.2 Investment expenditure (cid:9) 51
2.3 Operating expenditure (cid:9) 52
3. ESTIMATES OF CHANGES IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF BUS SERVICES (SNCV) 52
4. ESTIMATES OF CHANGES IN ANNUAL EXPENDITURE BY
USERS (cid:9) 55
5. ESTIMATES OF CHANGES IN THE STATE'S ANNUAL
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE (cid:9) 57
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Chapter V: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS (cid:9) 58
1. BASIC CONCEPTS (cid:9) 58
2. CRITERION OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY (cid:9) 59
3. ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
UNDERTAKINGS (cid:9) 59
4. EXPENDITURE ON TRANSPORT BY USERS (cid:9) 60
5. GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE (cid:9) 60
6. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS (cid:9) 62