Liberalisation of passenger rail services Case Study - Germany Dr Heike Link (German Institute for Economic Research - DIW) 6 December 2016 Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) asbl Rue de l’Industrie 42 Box 16 - B-1040 Brussels - Belgium Ph: +32 2 230 83 60 - Fax: +32 2 230 83 70 –
[email protected] – www.cerre.eu Table of contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 2. Franchising of regional passenger rail services ........................................................................ 4 3. Organisation of the tendering process..................................................................................... 5 3.1 Contract duration ............................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Service Specification ......................................................................................................... 5 3.3 Risk allocation................................................................................................................... 5 3.4 Transfer of staff ................................................................................................................ 6 4. Rolling stock provision ............................................................................................................. 8 5. Infrastructure charges, network access and relation with infrastructure manager .............. 10 6. Open access competition and long-distance passenger