Abstract
The objective of this paper is to present three different models of regional railway passenger transport that emerged in the process of post-communist transition after 1989 in neighbouring countries: Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After an introduction, the second section of the paper shows the historical, spatial and socio-economic context of the analysis. The three resulting models are presented in the following section. This part of the paper is also devoted to the discussion of the developments, experiences and results obtained in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The final section provides conclusions.
Highlights
This paper provides an overview of evidence on regional passenger rail transport in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
The railway systems found in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were basically formed between mid 19th century and World War I in different historical circumstances
Trutnov – Svoboda nad Úpou, Trutnov – Královec – Jelenia Góra (Poland) and Milotice nad Opavou – Vrbno pod Pradědem24. Another reason for the appearance of new carriers has been the fact that the state-owned České dráhy (ČD) was reluctant to reconstruct some of the local lines damaged in the 1997 flood, while local governments were interested in maintaining their train services
Summary
The Czech Republic and Slovakia are neighbouring CentralEuropean countries. They have a common historical, social and cultural identity. The railway systems found in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia were basically formed between mid 19th century and World War I in different historical circumstances What they all have in common is the fact that when their networks were being built, neither of these countries existed on the European map as an independent state. All three empires had their own economic and transport policies, and so railway networks developed in completely different ways on these territories Poland illustrates this situation best with a very dense network of regional lines serving local industry and agriculture in the German controlled part and a poor system of military oriented straight trunk lines, which ignored many important towns, in the Russian partition.
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