Problem Based Learning

References for Investigation

Biz/ed has provided the following references for investigation to help you research the problem. These are suggestions only and are not the only sources you may wish to use; indeed, you are not obliged to use any of them!

Web sites

• Rail Privatisation - What went wrong? (http://www.publicworld.org/docs/britrail.pdf
• The Association of Train Operating Companies (http://www.atoc.org/index.asp
• The Department of Transport - Railways (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/sectionhomepage/dft_railways_page.hcsp
• The Office of Rail Regulation (http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/
• The Future of Rail White Paper (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_railways/documents/divisionhomepage/031104.hcsp
• Pricing strategies and contestable markets - Biz/ed presentation (http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/economics/firms/presentation/contest.ppt
• Market structure - presentation (http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/economics/firms/presentation/structure.ppt)
• Pricing strategies - presentation (http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/marketing/presentation/pricingstrat.ppt)
• Reuters news item on rail price rises (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-01-02T125119Z_01_L02903607_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BRITAIN-FARES.xml&WTmodLoc=HP-C4-Business-2)
• Guardian article on rail price rises (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1981083,00.html)
• BBC archive report on rail privatisation (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/981131.stm)
• Different perspectives on rail privatisation:
  • from Workers Liberty (http://www.workersliberty.org/node/2094)
  • from Transport 2000 (http://www.transport2000.org.uk/news/maintainNewsArticles.asp?NewsArticleID=140)

Books

• Bamford, C. (2006) Studies in Economics and Business: Transport Economics (4th edition). Oxford Heinemann.
• Button, K.J. (1993) Transport Economics. Edward Elgar