<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Relationships between the activities of bus carriers and rail passenger traffic (and the railway offer) are examined in this article. The study was carried out in peripheral areas located at the Polish and Czech borderlands in Lower Silesia province. High quality rail transport generally increases the demand for transport services. Therefore, the proper development of transport offer plays a key role in the functioning of public transport systems, the backbone of which is rail transport. The study also shows that under conditions of transport market deregulation, bus carriers have developed a competitive network which is not complementary to rail transport. As a consequence, the deregulation of the transport market has increased the risk of transport exclusion.</p></abstract>

Relationships between the activities of bus carriers and rail passenger traffic (and the railway offer) are examined in this article. The study was carried out in peripheral areas located at the Polish and Czech borderlands in Lower Silesia province. High quality rail transport generally increases the demand for transport services. Therefore, the proper development of transport offer plays a key role in the functioning of public transport systems, the backbone of which is rail transport. The study also shows that under conditions of transport market deregulation, bus carriers have developed a competitive network which is not complementary to rail transport. As a consequence, the deregulation of the transport market has increased the risk of transport exclusion.

Bus and train connections between towns in Lower Silesia under different operational models:Competition or complementarity?

Department of Spatial Management, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Relationships between the activities of bus carriers and rail passenger traffic (and the railway offer) are examined in this article. The study was carried out...

Bus and train connections between towns in Lower Silesia under different operational models:Competition or complementarity?

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 31 - 40

Received: Apr 27, 2018

Accepted: Dec 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0003

Keywords
public transport systems, peripheral areas, integrated transport systems, rail transport, bus transport, transport exclusion, Poland

© 2019 Mateusz Smolarski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Bus and train connections between towns in Lower Silesia under different operational models:Competition or complementarity?

Published Online: Apr 15, 2019

Page range: 31 - 40

Received: Apr 27, 2018

Accepted: Dec 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0003

Keywordspublic transport systems, peripheral areas, integrated transport systems, rail transport, bus transport, transport exclusion, Poland

© 2019 Mateusz Smolarski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
public transport systems, peripheral areas, integrated transport systems, rail transport, bus transport, transport exclusion, Poland