The liberalization of the European railways market

The Master's thesis 'The liberalization of the European railways market' explains the process of infrastructure and management separation. The main goal of this thesis is to analyze the liberalization process of the rail freight market in Europe. This is achieved by causal and relational analysis, which provides profound insights into the current and historical liberalization of the rail freight market. The secondary aim of this thesis is to apply the analysis of the rail freight market in Slovakia so as to explore the implementation of liberalization rules. The thesis concludes with a brief analysis of the competitiveness of the Slovakian rail freight market today