Croatian Railways as a Subject in the European Transport Market

  • Blaž Bogović
  • Tomislav Mlinarić

Abstract

The paper considers the environment and the tasks that theCroatian railways need to carry out in order to gain importancewithin the European transport market. It deals with the economicvalues that may be expected from the modernised railways.Therefore, the Croatian railways will have to undergotechnical, technological and organisational restructuring. Themarketing concept of meeting the customers' needs and demandshas to be developed. The marketing is meant and,among other things, the selection and definition of those segmentsin which the Croatian railways could do business successfully.These include: passenger traffic - suburban, then interurban(domestic and international in and out) and, accordingto the needs of the European railways, transit traffic. Ingoods transport - to identify the needs of big users and define thesize of the offer accordingly.Although the paper could not deal with concrete restructuringtasks (which is the first and foremost task of the CroatianRailways), it indicates the main directions. These include redefiningof the local traffic on railway lines class I!, then the employees,reorganisation and all the other transformations whichwill be carried out in continuity.

References

Bogovic, B., Luketic, M.: Prijevoz robe, marketing, tehnologija,

organizacija, Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb,

Bozicevic, J.: Stanje i buducnost Hrvatskih ieljeznica , Institut

za promet i veze, Zagreb, 1996

CANAC International Inc.: Studija restrukturiranja

Hrvatskih ieljeznica, Zagreb, 1996

Institut za promet i veze, Strategija razvoja ieljeznickog

prometnog sustava Republike Hrvatske, working material,

Zagreb, 1996

How to Cite
1.
Bogović B, Mlinarić T. Croatian Railways as a Subject in the European Transport Market. Promet [Internet]. 1 [cited 2024Nov.21];9(3):87-3. Available from: https://traffic.fpz.hr/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/782
Issue
Vol 9 No 3 (1997)
Section
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