HYPERION ECONOMIC JOURNAL

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• Gheorghe-Stelian Bălan, Affiliation: SC ALSTOM Transport SA, Bucharest, Romania;
• Mariana Bălan, Affiliation: Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, Univ. "Athenaeum", Bucharest, Romania;
• Raluca Ioana Iorgulescu, Affiliation: Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, Univ. "Athenaeum", Bucharest, Romania.

Among today’s modes of transportation, rail remains of great interest because of its explicit advantages arising from the fact that it is the least polluting and most environmentally friendly. These are just some of the reasons why, in recent years, the European Union strategies seek to develop and implement programs to revive Community’s rail transport. The paper makes a brief analysis of the economic impact of the implementation of information and telecommunication technologies in railway transport, technologies that can contribute significantly to the achievement of sustainable, competitive and reliable transport.

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