Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
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Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI)
No 2006:4: Noise Charges in Railway Infrastructure: A Pricing Schedule Based on the Marginal Cost Principle
Henrik Andersson () and Mikael Ögren ()
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Henrik Andersson: VTI, Postal: VTI, Dept. of Transport Economics, P.O. Box 6056, SE-171 06 Solna, Sweden
Mikael Ögren: VTI, Postal: VTI, Dept. of Environment and Traffic Analysis, P.O. Box 8077, SE-402 78 Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract: In order to mitigate the negative effects of transportation and to achieve a competitive transport sector, infrastructure charges in the European Union shall be based on short-run marginal costs. This paper shows that railway-noise charges can be estimated using already obtained knowledge of monetary and acoustical noise evaluation. Most European countries have standardised calculation methods for total noise level, which can be used to estimate the marginal acoustical effect. Based on a Swedish case study (with a relatively high number of exposed individuals), railway-noise charges are estimated at 0.026, 0.099 and 0.89 EUR/km for commuter, high-speed and freight trains, respectively.
Keywords: Externalities; Marginal Cost; Noise; Railway
22 pages, June 22, 2006
- Published as
- Henrik Andersson and Mikael Ögren, (2007), 'Noise Charges in Railway Infrastructure: A Pricing Schedule Based on the Marginal Cost Principle', Transport Policy, vol 14, no 3, pages 204-213
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