PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF DEFINING USER CHARGES FOR RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

The EU Directives accepted in the 90s determined the opening of the Rail Market and the constitutional separation of the European railways (railway operator, infrastructure manager). This article specifies the methodological issues of the Hungarian charge system, demonstrates the European and national practice of the determination of the user charges for railway infrastructure and intends to show the tasks, which have to be done in the near future.