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==Governance== | ==Governance== | ||
===Ownership=== | ===Ownership=== | ||
In Urcea, all railways are owned by the [[Government of Urcea]], particularly the national government. This includes the physical track, infrastructure supporting the {{wp|right of ways}}, signal switches, and all other directly related physical infrastructure. The government also operates the signal switches and is responsible for overseeing traffic along the rails, coordinating and prioritizing trains throughout the country and ensuring efficient travel. The vehicles themselves | In Urcea, all railways are owned by the [[Government of Urcea]], particularly the national government. This includes the physical track, infrastructure supporting the {{wp|right of ways}}, signal switches, and all other directly related physical infrastructure. The government also operates the signal switches and is responsible for overseeing traffic along the rails, coordinating and prioritizing trains throughout the country and ensuring efficient travel. The vehicles themselves are owned and maintained by private entities. Accordingly, the Urcean rail network operates on a public-private partnership, with the government owning and paying for the maintenance of the physical infrastructure while private companies operate and compete on the public rails. | ||
The rolling stock and infrastructure related to their maintenance are owned, maintained, routed, and scheduled by private companies legally termed "operators". Operators pay a flat operator fee on an annual basis to gain access to the national railway system, and are otherwise free to use the system regardless of volume. | |||
===Regulation=== | ===Regulation=== | ||
The publicly owned rail system is operated by the [[Ministry of Commerce (Urcea)|Ministry of Commerce]] as the National Interprovincial Railway Service, and the system - as well as all private operators on it - is overseen by the [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_the_National_Interprovincial_Railway_Service|Agency for the National Interprovincial Railway Service]], which fulfills both operator and regulatory functions. | The publicly owned rail system is operated by the [[Ministry of Commerce (Urcea)|Ministry of Commerce]] as the National Interprovincial Railway Service, and the system - as well as all private operators on it - is overseen by the [[Ministry_of_Commerce_(Urcea)#Agency_for_the_National_Interprovincial_Railway_Service|Agency for the National Interprovincial Railway Service]], which fulfills both operator and regulatory functions. | ||