The opening up to competition of passenger rail transport in Europe

Introductory remarks
List of contributors

PART 1. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE OPENING UP TO COMPETITION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
- Introduction
- The Opening Up to Competition of Passenger Rail Transport in the UK: The Sector Organisation and Legal Framework
- The Legal Framework: Austria and Germany
- The opening up to competition of passenger rail transport in comparative law. Legal framework in Italy
- The liberalization of railway services in Spain: a different modelled by an active infrastructure manager
- The legal framework for opening up passenger transport to competition in France, or how to hurry (very) slowly

PART 2. LITIGATIONS RELATED TO THE OPENING UP TO COMPETITION
- Introduction
Chapter 1. National litigation
- The Opening Up to Competition of Passenger Rail Transport in the UK: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- National Litigation: Austria and Germany
- Railway liberalization and litigation in Spain
- Litigation in Italy: lessons learned
- Litigation surrounding the opening up to competition of rail transport in France

Chapter 2. European litigation
- Litigation before the European courts on the opening up to competition
- Concluding remarks: Current legal issues and challenges related to the opening up to competition of passenger rail transport in Europe