Open-access operator: Difference between revisions

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Changing short description from "Rail company running on third party-owned infrastructure and not under franchise, taking full commercial risk" to "Rail company using third party infrastructure"
it makes no sense to list freight operators in the same list, as the majority of freight operators (in Europe) are now open-access (they normally don't work in franchises)
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In [[rail transport]], an '''open-access operator''' is an operator that takes full commercial risk, running on infrastructure owned by a third party and buying [[Train path|paths]] on a chosen route and, in countries where rail services run under franchises, are not subject to franchising.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abrams|first=Martin|date=July 2015|title=Passenger's Guide to Franchising|url=https://bettertransport.org.uk/sites/default/files/research-files/franchising-guide.pdf|access-date=4 September 2020|website=Better Transport|page=4}}</ref>
 
== ByPassenger open-access operators by country ==
=== Austria ===
* [[RegioJet]]
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* [[LEO Express]]
 
=== Portugal ===
* [[Takargo Rail]]
* [[COMSA Rail Transport]]
 
=== Slovakia ===