Why has the market not been created for Channel Tunnel regional passenger rail services?

Citation
R. Knowles et J. Farrington, Why has the market not been created for Channel Tunnel regional passenger rail services?, AREA, 30(4), 1998, pp. 359-366
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
EnvirnmentalStudies Geografy & Development
Journal title
AREA
ISSN journal
00040894 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
359 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0894(199812)30:4<359:WHTMNB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Development benefits from the Channel Tunnel for the British regions beyond London depend largely upon the availability of through rail services to an d from Europe. This paper examines the failure of deregulation, privatizati on and government policy to set up the forecast market in such a way that t he British regions are included in the European matrix of high-speed interc ity passenger rail services.