categories: technical services, maritime services, PSO regional passenger services, PSO national passenger services, open access international passenger services, open access basic national passenger services, OA national premium passenger services, freight services. The table below sets out the principal elements of the access charges system according to the regulation issued by ART in November 2015: Charge Unit Market segmentation Cost covered Depending on the mass, the Access and the use of contact wire by the Direct costs (following charges: A €/train.km rolling stock used by the railway Regulation 2015/909) component undertaking Other costs than direct -Market segments Access -Track category ones, such as the cost charges: B €/train.km -Slot time of capital and component depreciation -market segments -Scarcity Access -Environmental effects charges: C Cost €/train.km -ETCS component -Regional compensation regimes Latvia The main principles of the access charges are developed hereafter: the full cost of infrastructure should be covered by accumulated charges and state budget funding if it is available; all expenses are traced to particular train category; Train-kilometres and gross tonne-kilometres are used as cost drivers. Charge Unit Market segmentation Cost covered 1/ Costs of maintenance of railway infrastructure objects made by IM; Differentiation among: 2/ of railway Freight trains; infrastructure objects Passenger trains development (renewals, (electric); Passenger trains reconstruction, building) Operating (diesel); consists of capital Train.km Passenger trains with depreciations costs locomotive; (excluding capital Narrow-gauge trains. depreciations costs of government, EU funds) and premium costs; 3/ Duties and taxes paid by IM
categories: technical services, maritime services, PSO regional passenger services, PSO national passenger services, open access international passenger services, open access basic national passenger services, OA national premium passenger services, freight services. The table below sets out the principal elements of the access charges system according to the regulation issued by ART in November 2015: Charge Unit Market segmentation Cost covered Access charges: A component €/train.km Depending on the mass, the and the use of contact wire by the rolling stock used by the railway undertaking Direct costs (following Regulation 2015/909) Access charges: B component €/train.km -Market segments -Track category -Slot time -market segments Other costs than direct ones, such as the cost of capital and depreciation Access charges: C component €/train.km -Scarcity -Environmental effects -ETCS -Regional compensation regimes Cost Latvia The main principles of the access charges are developed hereafter: the full cost of infrastructure should be covered by accumulated charges and state budget funding if it is available; all expenses are traced to particular train category; Train-kilometres and gross tonne-kilometres are used as cost drivers. Charge Unit Market segmentation Cost covered Operating Train.km Differentiation among: Freight trains; Passenger trains (electric); Passenger trains (diesel); Passenger trains with locomotive; Narrow-gauge trains. 1/ Costs of maintenance of railway infrastructure objects made by IM; 2/ of railway infrastructure objects development (renewals, reconstruction, building) consists of capital depreciations costs (excluding capital depreciations costs of government, EU funds) and premium costs; 3/ Duties and taxes paid by IM