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Most railways in Latin America were built by private firms, often foreign owned. Over time, owing to a combination of nationalizations and competition from road transport, virtually all railways passed into government hands; the railroad industry became more and more of a white elephant for the G...

Latin American railway privatization has achieved significant results, since the situation today is better than if the railways had remained under management and operation by the State. Traffic volumes have generally increased, although with wide variations between individual cases; government su...

El presente boletín FAL destaca el aporte de los sistemas de metros y ferrocarriles a la movilidad sostenible, describiendo algunos de los desafíos actuales y las alternativas técnicas.

Los días 6 y 7 de noviembre del 2001 se realizó en la sede de la CEPAL, un seminario destinado al análisis de la competencia y complementariedad de los modos carretero y ferroviario en el transporte de cargas. En este evento participaron expertos en transporte de diversos países, cuyas exposicio...

A seminar on competition and complementarity between road and rail transport in the carriage of freight was conducted at ECLAC Headquarters on 6-7 November 2001. The seminar was attended by experts on transport matters from a range of countries, and their presentations covered the current state o...

La privatización ferroviaria latinoamericana ha logrado alcances importantes, puesto que la situación resultante es mejor a la que se habría producido bajo la gestión y operación por parte de las administraciones estatales. En general, los volúmenes de tráfico han aumentado, aunque con mucha va...

La presente edición del Boletín entrega un recuento de los recientes acontecimientos y tendencias en América Latina y el Caribe, en materia de transporte ferroviario, urbano y conservación vial.

Over the past three years, talks conducted at the subregional level have led to the signing of multimodal transport agreements, and these have been implemented by Mercosur and reviewed by the Andean Community; multimodal transport is only now starting to come into its own in South America but is ...

La presente edición del Boletín entrega un recuento de los recientes acontecimientos y tendencias en el sector transporte de América Latina y el Caribe, abarcando aspectos relacionados con el transporte urbano, el transporte ferroviario y la conservación vial.

This edition of the FAL Bulletin tells of recent events and trends in urban transport, railways and highway maintenance in Latin America and the Caribbean.