This Paper provides information about recent changes in the regulatory approach to the railway industry in Canada and about the approach taken by Australian governments.

During the last decade, the major railway systems around the world have undergone a fundamental reappraisal of their place in the economy in general, and their transport purpose, in particular.

This paper contains revision of some data for earlier years as well as statistics for 1985–86 and 1986–87.

Initiatives adopted to facilitate structural adjustment of rail systems in Australia have resulted in redeployment and redundancy of rail workers.

This report presents an assessment of the financial, economic, social and environmental benefits and costs of the closure or continued operation of each of the Australian National Railway Commission's passenger services.

This Report has two main goals. The first is to present the theoretical aspects of productivity measurement and its interpretation with particular emphasis on its role as a performance measure.

This study provides financial and social cost-benefit analyses of options for the Australian National railways operation in Tasmania (Tasrail).

This report assesses the social impacts of a range of scenarios developed for non-urban rail by the Railway Industry Council to set out reform options for railway systems in Australia.

This study has refined the methodology and expanded the scope of a previous Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics study on the cost of road accidents in Australia.

This Working Paper is the second in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years.