Track Access Charge Control in the Railway Sector, Its Interaction with Specific Financing Structures and the Determination of Incentives - The German Infrastructure Manager DB Netz AG

摘要

The contribution explains the financing system of the German railwayrnsector. Market players like infrastructure managers, railway undertakings, thernfederal and the regional level (“Laender”) and the Bundesnetzagentur are interrelatedrndue to the institutional setting, especially due to the control- and supervisionrnduties of Bundesnetzagentur. This also concerns the financial flows relatedrninterconnections of market players and the government level. Bundesnetzagenturrnis under the new rail regulation law in charge of controlling the chargingrnsystem of infrastructure managers. The new legal framework allows for the firstrntime an incentive regulation related to infrastructure charges and sets incentivesrnfor the infrastructure manager to decrease costs and increase the traffic on thernnetwork.