Examples of Subsidiarity in a Railway Transport Organisation in Bavaria and Saxony

Abstract

The article discusses the impact of the railway reform on the organization and financing of the regional railway traffic in Germany from the 1990s until today. The examples of Bavaria and Saxony show two possible ways – a complete centralization in the first and a complete decentralization in the second case. Further is introduced a pilot Project of the Deutsche Bahn, so called RegioNetz. This project aims to create an effective, flexible and low-cost structure within a holding company, which enables keeping the traffic thank to reduced costs on local lines.