Croatia : Railway Policy Note

The note first presents a brief overview of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges that it is currently facing, and identifying the main areas of intervention for the development of a financially sustainable sector, which should g...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Zagreb: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18019128/croatia-railway-policy-note-vol-1-2
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16061
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTUAL COST
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL SUBSIDIES
COMMUTERS
CONCRETE
CONGESTION
CONSOLIDATION
COST CENTERS
COST RECOVERY RATIO
CROSSING
DEBT
DEREGULATION
DOMESTIC TRAFFIC
DOMESTIC TRANSPORT
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
EMISSIONS
ENGINE
ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL COSTS
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FISCAL POLICIES
FIXED COSTS
FLEETS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT INDUSTRY
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT MARKET
FREIGHT WAGONS
FUEL
GRADE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HOLDING COMPANIES
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
INTERNATIONAL RAIL
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND TRANSPORT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATION
LIQUIDATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCOMOTIVE
LOCOMOTIVES
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MOBILITY
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NEW ENTRANTS
OPERATING COSTS
PASSENGER
PASSENGER COACHES
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTION
PORTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION
RAIL
RAIL CARGO
RAIL CORRIDOR
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL INVESTMENTS
RAIL MARKET
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL SAFETY
RAIL SYSTEM
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY BUSINESS
RAILWAY COMPANIES
RAILWAY COMPANY
RAILWAY FREIGHT
RAILWAY INDUSTRY
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
RAILWAY INVESTMENT
RAILWAY LINE
RAILWAY LINES
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAILWAY OPERATION
RAILWAY OPERATOR
RAILWAY OPERATORS
RAILWAY PACKAGE
RAILWAY PERFORMANCE
RAILWAY POLICY
RAILWAY REFORMS
RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING
RAILWAY SECTOR
RAILWAY SECTOR REFORM
RAILWAY SERVICE
RAILWAY SERVICES
RAILWAY SYSTEM
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
RAILWAY TRANSPORT SECTOR
RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REORGANIZATION
RETURN ON CAPITAL
ROAD
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD HAULAGE
ROAD HAULAGE INDUSTRY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TOLLS
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROLLING STOCK
SAFETY AGENCY
SERVICE CONTRACTS
SOCIAL COSTS
SPEED
STATE INTERVENTION
STRUCTURES
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRACK
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC GROWTH
TRAFFIC INTENSITY
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSIT
TRANSIT CORRIDOR
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT PLAN
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT TARIFFS
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
WAGES
WAGONS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTUAL COST
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL SUBSIDIES
COMMUTERS
CONCRETE
CONGESTION
CONSOLIDATION
COST CENTERS
COST RECOVERY RATIO
CROSSING
DEBT
DEREGULATION
DOMESTIC TRAFFIC
DOMESTIC TRANSPORT
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
EMISSIONS
ENGINE
ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNAL COSTS
FATALITIES
FINANCIAL DATA
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FISCAL POLICIES
FIXED COSTS
FLEETS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT INDUSTRY
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT MARKET
FREIGHT WAGONS
FUEL
GRADE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HOLDING COMPANIES
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
INTERNATIONAL RAIL
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LAND TRANSPORT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATION
LIQUIDATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCOMOTIVE
LOCOMOTIVES
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MOBILITY
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NEW ENTRANTS
OPERATING COSTS
PASSENGER
PASSENGER COACHES
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLLUTION
PORTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION
RAIL
RAIL CARGO
RAIL CORRIDOR
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL INVESTMENTS
RAIL MARKET
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL SAFETY
RAIL SYSTEM
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY BUSINESS
RAILWAY COMPANIES
RAILWAY COMPANY
RAILWAY FREIGHT
RAILWAY INDUSTRY
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
RAILWAY INVESTMENT
RAILWAY LINE
RAILWAY LINES
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAILWAY OPERATION
RAILWAY OPERATOR
RAILWAY OPERATORS
RAILWAY PACKAGE
RAILWAY PERFORMANCE
RAILWAY POLICY
RAILWAY REFORMS
RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING
RAILWAY SECTOR
RAILWAY SECTOR REFORM
RAILWAY SERVICE
RAILWAY SERVICES
RAILWAY SYSTEM
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
RAILWAY TRANSPORT SECTOR
RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REORGANIZATION
RETURN ON CAPITAL
ROAD
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD HAULAGE
ROAD HAULAGE INDUSTRY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TOLLS
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROLLING STOCK
SAFETY AGENCY
SERVICE CONTRACTS
SOCIAL COSTS
SPEED
STATE INTERVENTION
STRUCTURES
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TRACK
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAFFIC GROWTH
TRAFFIC INTENSITY
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSIT
TRANSIT CORRIDOR
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT PLAN
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT TARIFFS
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
WAGES
WAGONS
World Bank
Croatia : Railway Policy Note
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Croatia
description The note first presents a brief overview of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges that it is currently facing, and identifying the main areas of intervention for the development of a financially sustainable sector, which should guide any thorough sector reform program in the long-run. Sector governance challenges are presented, outlining the sector's high dependency on state support, its organizational weaknesses, and its market distortions. This is followed by more detailed historical analysis of Croatian Railways (HZ) holding's performance, corporate governance issues, and investment needs. The operational and financial performance of each major line of business of HZ holding is assessed, highlighting their competitiveness issues. Following the adoption of the restructuring plan, the Bank team used a global financial model to identify measures that might be necessary to make the system sustainable in the long-run. The team considered a range of optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, which may call for additional measures to be taken to complement the measures laid out in the restructuring plan. The note concludes with the presentation of these scenarios, the targets that should be fixed to business lines in cost-cutting, and actions that the Government might take to ensure that the system is sustainable and to secure the successful integration of the Croatian railway sector into the European Union (EU). It highlights the choices that remain open to the Government in terms of sector spending and financial structuring of its support in a constrained fiscal environment.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Croatia : Railway Policy Note
title_short Croatia : Railway Policy Note
title_full Croatia : Railway Policy Note
title_fullStr Croatia : Railway Policy Note
title_full_unstemmed Croatia : Railway Policy Note
title_sort croatia : railway policy note
publisher Zagreb: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18019128/croatia-railway-policy-note-vol-1-2
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16061
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spelling okr-10986-160612021-04-23T14:03:23Z Croatia : Railway Policy Note World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY ACTUAL COST ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL SUBSIDIES COMMUTERS CONCRETE CONGESTION CONSOLIDATION COST CENTERS COST RECOVERY RATIO CROSSING DEBT DEREGULATION DOMESTIC TRAFFIC DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE EMISSIONS ENGINE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL COSTS FATALITIES FINANCIAL DATA FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL STABILITY FISCAL POLICIES FIXED COSTS FLEETS FREIGHT FREIGHT INDUSTRY FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FREIGHT TRANSPORT MARKET FREIGHT WAGONS FUEL GRADE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDING COMPANIES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INTERNATIONAL RAIL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS LABOR COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND TRANSPORT LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LIQUIDATION LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCOMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVES MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MOBILITY MODE OF TRANSPORT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NEW ENTRANTS OPERATING COSTS PASSENGER PASSENGER COACHES PASSENGER SERVICE PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PORTS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION RAIL RAIL CARGO RAIL CORRIDOR RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL INVESTMENTS RAIL MARKET RAIL NETWORK RAIL SAFETY RAIL SYSTEM RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAY RAILWAY BUSINESS RAILWAY COMPANIES RAILWAY COMPANY RAILWAY FREIGHT RAILWAY INDUSTRY RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT RAILWAY INVESTMENT RAILWAY LINE RAILWAY LINES RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAY OPERATION RAILWAY OPERATOR RAILWAY OPERATORS RAILWAY PACKAGE RAILWAY PERFORMANCE RAILWAY POLICY RAILWAY REFORMS RAILWAY RESTRUCTURING RAILWAY SECTOR RAILWAY SECTOR REFORM RAILWAY SERVICE RAILWAY SERVICES RAILWAY SYSTEM RAILWAY TRAFFIC RAILWAY TRANSPORT RAILWAY TRANSPORT SECTOR RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REORGANIZATION RETURN ON CAPITAL ROAD ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD HAULAGE ROAD HAULAGE INDUSTRY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TOLLS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROLLING STOCK SAFETY AGENCY SERVICE CONTRACTS SOCIAL COSTS SPEED STATE INTERVENTION STRUCTURES SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRACK TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAFFIC GROWTH TRAFFIC INTENSITY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDOR TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT TARIFFS VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WAGES WAGONS The note first presents a brief overview of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges that it is currently facing, and identifying the main areas of intervention for the development of a financially sustainable sector, which should guide any thorough sector reform program in the long-run. Sector governance challenges are presented, outlining the sector's high dependency on state support, its organizational weaknesses, and its market distortions. This is followed by more detailed historical analysis of Croatian Railways (HZ) holding's performance, corporate governance issues, and investment needs. The operational and financial performance of each major line of business of HZ holding is assessed, highlighting their competitiveness issues. Following the adoption of the restructuring plan, the Bank team used a global financial model to identify measures that might be necessary to make the system sustainable in the long-run. The team considered a range of optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, which may call for additional measures to be taken to complement the measures laid out in the restructuring plan. The note concludes with the presentation of these scenarios, the targets that should be fixed to business lines in cost-cutting, and actions that the Government might take to ensure that the system is sustainable and to secure the successful integration of the Croatian railway sector into the European Union (EU). It highlights the choices that remain open to the Government in terms of sector spending and financial structuring of its support in a constrained fiscal environment. 2013-10-03T17:58:08Z 2013-10-03T17:58:08Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18019128/croatia-railway-policy-note-vol-1-2 978-953-7974-00-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16061 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Zagreb: World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Croatia