Transport

Rail transport: infrastructure development, economic and social impact

Our expertise covers natural monopoly regulation, access to rail infrastructure, privatisation, pricing, policy options, the economic and social impacts of rail.

Our experience of cost-benefit analyses, development and assessment of policy options includes:

privatisation options and evaluation for vendors and bidders sides
strategic advice on rail reform, analysis of vertical separation/integration
advice on regulation and competition
assistance in freight negotiations, modelling of rail freight and royalty options
project evaluation, and assessments of infrastructure constraints
environmental performance of rail compared with other modes
market studies of rail freight customers.

Some of our past projects have concerned:

the north-south rail corridor, Australia
Cooperative Research Centre
rail infrastructure third party access and pricing
rail freight logistics chain
railway privatisation and sale
rail reform, standards and safety.

See our rail transport and rail freight case studies.