Published Railway Market Monitoring Annual Report
ZAGREB, March 27, 2024 - The Independent Regulators’ Group - Rail (IRG-Rail), a consortium of regulatory bodies for railways from 31 European countries, including HAKOM, has released its 12th annual report on monitoring the railway services market. The report covers the year 2022 and includes data collected from all IRG-Rail member countries.
This report consists of two documents: the "Main Report," which presents the overall results at the European level, and the "Working Document," which provides specific details for individual countries and comparisons among them. The report includes an annual overview of market development and economic conditions in the railway sector, as well as a comparison of development and competitiveness within the railway market over time. In 2022, the European railway market continued to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic but did not return to the level seen in 2019.
Each market monitoring report focuses on one or more topics. This year's report includes a detailed analysis of heterogeneity in the utilization of the European railway network and its potential determinants. Furthermore, the "Main Report" contains new indicators on infrastructure managers, ECTS-equipped networks, train kilometres achieved on electrified lines, and the energy costs of railway operators. Additional indicators are available in the "Working Document" (such as high-speed rail lengths, train punctuality, etc.). The documents can be viewed at the provided link.
Since 2013, IRG-Rail has been publishing annual market monitoring reports on railway services, prepared by the Market Monitoring Working Group.
For additional information please contact:
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM)
- Roberta Frangeša-Mihanovića 9 Street
- 10110 Zagreb, Croatia
- Tel. + 385 (0) 1 700 70 07
- Fax + 385 (0)1 700 70 70
Media inquiries can be submitted online using HAKOM’s official website: www.hakom.hr
About Hakom
HAKOM - Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries – ensures preconditions for a fair market competition, stable growth and environment for innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market. HAKOM protects users’ interests and the possibility of choice among various communications and postal services at affordable prices, defines sustainable competitive conditions for operators and service providers under fair conditions for return on investment, and provides support to economic growth, public services and the quality of life in the Republic of Croatia by using modern technologies. HAKOM’ strategic goals are: to promote regulation of the electronic communications and postal services market, to support growth of investments and innovations in the electronic communications and postal services market, to provide efficient use of limited resources, to accelerate the growth of broadband products and services, to provide affordable offers of communications and postal services, to provide protection and informing of users, to build an efficient and comprehensive information system, to define and implement efficient processes, and to acquire multi-disciplinary expertise in market regulation.