Government divides Serbian Railways into four companies

You stupid...m...s. Don't you read the papers? That's what they did in Romania, before they distroied Romanian Railways completely. Thousands of people will lose their jobs.

Stop the madness!

Mihai,

This is what they doing world-wide, following the advice of some MBA specialists who finished a quick MBA course in Megbaszton, I mean, Boston.
Probably the only country immune from that madness is China - that's why they are leaders on the railway front.

Ever heard about an other Bostonian initiative called Global Price? The Germans nichnamed it as "Globalscheiß", by the way. An other American initiative, blessed by Dohány Street. No wonder, Amtrak is doing that bad in America.

What it is?

The idea seem to be OK at first. Traditionally, international railway tariff is divided between countries the train is served. In addition, (sometimes) the national train prices can be higher than bus or even airplane prices for that distance.

Solution/1: fix the international prices or national prices to reflect the reality.
And do not forget, "losing" on rail transprort is normal. People have a set mind what they want to spend. Ukraine has probably the cheapest domestic rail tariff in the area. So if I go to Ukraine I spend on shopping more. If I go to France... I spend more on expensive rail... and sadly for French - less on hotels, restaurants and shopping. The result will be the same. Chinese know that and they do accordingly.

Solution /2: introduce "global" pricing based on ad-hoc calculations, without fixing the base tariff and introducing some yield management. Kill the traditional trains, just to make sure, no one is happy.
Than you will get the Berlin - Paris, Bruxelles - Paris and Moscow/St. Petersburg - Helsinki madness... with only Dohány Street being happy and celebrating it with a feast of kosher pigs.

What it is?

The idea seem to be OK at first. Traditionally, international railway tariff is divided between countries the train is served. In addition, (sometimes) the national train prices can be higher than bus or even airplane prices for that distance.

Solution/1: fix the international prices or national prices to reflect the reality.
And do not forget, "losing" on rail transprort is normal. People have a set mind what they want to spend. Ukraine has probably the cheapest domestic rail tariff in the area. So if I go to Ukraine I spend on shopping more. If I go to France... I spend more on expensive rail... and sadly for French - less on hotels, restaurants and shopping. The result will be the same. Chinese know that and they do accordingly.

Solution /2: introduce "global" pricing based on ad-hoc calculations, without fixing the base tariff and introducing some yield management. Kill the traditional trains, just to make sure, no one is happy.
Than you will get the Berlin - Paris, Bruxelles - Paris and Moscow/St. Petersburg - Helsinki madness... with only Dohány Street being happy and celebrating it with a feast of kosher pigs.

You stupid...m...s. Don't you read the papers? That's what they did in Romania, before they distroied Romanian Railways completely. Thousands of people will lose their jobs.

Stop the madness!

Mihai,

This is what they doing world-wide, following the advice of some MBA specialists who finished a quick MBA course in Megbaszton, I mean, Boston.
Probably the only country immune from that madness is China - that's why they are leaders on the railway front.

Ever heard about an other Bostonian initiative called Global Price? The Germans nichnamed it as "Globalscheiß", by the way. An other American initiative, blessed by Dohány Street. No wonder, Amtrak is doing that bad in America.