Investing in Infrastructure

Eurorail 2007 brings you 4 hours dedicated to infrastructure. Within that, you can focus specifically on all issues relating to investment

	Transforming infrastructure investment in France – seeking private participation Meeting business expectations to ensure the success of private sector involvement Maintaining regional and secondary routes alongside high-speed lines Rolling ERTMS out across the network (developing European corridors Innovating to make track maintenance more efficient
	Hubert du Mesnil, Chief Executive Officer, RFF
	Panel session: financing infrastructure development – line upgrades and new projects What are the best investment strategies for rail infrastructure projects? How do we finance major change? Public versus private management and ownership How can we accommodate extra capacity? Accelerating progress in delivering TEN-T projects Financing the TEN-T network Making a case for infrastructure enhancements Fair and reasonable track access fees – who should pay for long term investment?
	Hubert du Mesnil, Chief Executive Officer, RFF Christopher Hurst, Director, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank Julian Smith, Partner, Corporate Finance - Transport, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Panel session: winning the battle against the airlines – high-speed rail going from strength to strength? The state of competition between high speed rail and low cost airlines in 2007 Realising the benefit of a trans-European network The role of a future railway alliance – co-ordinating schedules and introducing through-ticketing How can we successfully implement loyalty programmes?  Introducing customer benefits to grow the passenger business

Jan Forsberg, President & CEO, SJ Richard Middleton, Associate, Steer Davies Gleave

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