Privatization and Deregulation of Transport

List of Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Introduction; B.Bradshaw & H.Lawton Smith Regulation of Transport: An Overview; A.Burchell PART II: BUS INDUSTRY Experience in the UK Bus and Coach Industry; P.White Competition and Local Bus Services; M.Parr Rural Transport After the Deregulation of Buses; A.Root PART III: RAILWAYS The Privatisation of British Rail; R.Davies Railway Regulation: Looking Ahead to the Millennium; C.Bolt Liberalised Access to the Railway Network; P. O Donnell Privatisation and Deregulation in Railways: An Assessment of the British Approach; C.Nash Regulation and Deregulation in a Subsidised Industry; Passenger Rail Franchising; B.Stannard Competitive Behaviour in Britain's Privatised Rail Industry; M.Schabas Japan Railways since Privatisation; F.Mizutani & K.Nakamura The Impact of Deregulation of the Planning System on the Ridership Potential of Local Rail Networks: 1979-95; R.Haywood PART IV: FREIGHT INDUSTRY A Comparison of Deregulation in the Road Haulage Markets of the UK, the EU and the USA; M.Browne & J.Allen PART V: AIRLINES The Ownership and Regulation of International Airlines; K.Button Development of Airport Slot Allocation Regulation in the European Community; C.Castles Allocating Airport Slots: A Role for the Market?; D.Starkie Whither Airport Regulation?; S.Condie PART VI: PORTS AND CHANNEL TUNNEL Privatisation and Deregulation in Seaports; A.J.Baird Nostra Culpae : Forecasts and Out-turns of Cross Channel Competition Between the Ferries and the Tunnel; S.Szymanski Index