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| Rail RESEARCH: SONERAIL |
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| Project Acronym: |
SONERAIL |
| Type of contract: |
Research Study |
| Project title: |
SOCIALLY NECESSARY RAILWAYS |
| Main contractor: |
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH LONDON |
| Type organisation: |
Education |
| Country: |
GB |
| Start date & duration: |
1997-02-01 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Rail |
| Relevant tasks: |
2.0 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
618 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
535 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The SONERAIL project examines the role of socially necessary railways, i.e. those railways, which under EC regulations 1191/69 and 1893/91 cannot be provided on a commercial basis and may therefore be financially supported by a Member State. The overall workplan consists of four main tasks as follows: Task 1: Establish the current situation with respect to definitions used and evaluation criteria applied along with the development of an evaluation methodology for socially necessary railways which can be applied in other passenger services. This will form the basis for the next stages Task 2: Apply the developed evaluation methodology on specific passenger services with the aim to test this methodology and utilise it to provide information about the performance of the selected passenger services. Task 3: Identify and assess future European operations scenarios which will contribute to narrowing gaps between supplied and demanded service level for different dimensions of service level (incl. a range of policy options regarding socially necessary railways and other passenger modes) Task 4: Provide conclusions and recommendations on best practice operations of socially necessary railways in terms of optimal operations scenarios for reducing the gap between supplied and demanded service level for different dimensions of service.
Demo Sites:
Evaluation case studies in 6 countries (UK, NL, D, GR, IT, CZ)
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
SONERAIL takes into account the existence of the other on going project called PRORATA (Profitability of rail transport and adaptability of railways) Concertation between SONERAIL and PRORATA will be made in order to ensure that the methodologies are consistent. Although, there will be some differences in the methodology because of the social aspects in SONERAIL and the commercial aspects in PRORATA.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH LONDON |
Education |
GB |
| NETHERLANDS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE |
Research Organisation |
NL |
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN |
Education |
DE |
| UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE |
Education |
CZ |
| T.M.T. PRAGMA S.R.L. |
Industry |
IT |
Coordinator's name: Prof. Stuart COLE
Address: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH LONDON
Stapleton House - Holloway Rd, 277-281
N7 8HN London
GB
Tel: +44-171-7535754
Fax: +44-171-533336
E-mail: trac@unl.ac.uk
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Ms. Kristien VAN GOEY
Tel: +32-2-2969234
Fax: +32 -2-2966174
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