- High-Speed Rail Experience
Palo Alto Fellowship Forum, Palo Alto, CA, August 8, 2023
- High-Speed Rail: California in Context
World Bank Thematic Group, May 28, 2020
- High-Speed Rail in California: The California Experience in Context
Chapman University, Orange, CA, March 27, 2019
- Can Rail Passengers and Freight Coexist?
Passenger and Freight Railroads Unite Conference, Washington, DC, March 14, 2019
- Transportation Finance: A Role for PPPs?
Lou Thompson presentation to San Jose State management training session, February 20, 2018
- High-Speed Rail in California: Financial/Economic Issues
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, October 17, 2016
- Developments in China Railways
Global Markets Discussion, February 10, 2015
- HSR in California: Uncertainty, Risk and Risk Transfer (PDF 1.4 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, HSR Management Course, Mineta Transportation Institute, February 14, 2013
- High-Speed Rail: Issues in California (PDF 1.8 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, TRB Discussion, October 19, 2012
- Railways of the Future: Why do we need them? How can we make them successful? (PDF 1.1 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, 2012 World Alliance Forum, Palo Alto, October 2, 2012
- Access Models for Freight Railway Infrastructure: Challenges for VALEC (PDF 119 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, VALEC/IDB Seminar, July 5, 2012
- Opportunities and Risks of the Infrastructure Management Models (PDF 1.3 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, VALEC/IDB Seminar, July 4, 2012
- Different Models of Freight Railways: Applicability for Brazil (PDF 345 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, VALEC/IDB Seminar, July 4, 2012
- What’s on the Long Term Horizon For Railroads? (PDF 365 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, Michigan State University Railway Management Program, Lansing, Michigan, March 16, 2012
- Railways and Energy, Sustainable Mobility: Energy Efficiency in Transportation
Stanford University, May 20, 2011
- Railroading Around the World: Ownership, Subsidy, Investment, and Other Issues for the Future (PDF 2.2 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, Michigan State University, Certificate Program in Railway Management, Lansing, Michigan, May 12, 2011
- Transport, Environment and Institutions: Why Good Science and Engineering Fail (PDF 1.3 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, International Symposium, Nagoya, November 14, 2009
- Rail Restructuring Experience (PDF 1.9 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, Montevideo, Uruguay, January 2009
- Railways: Global Roundup 1996-2005 (PDF 237 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, World Bank SDN Week 2008, February 21, 2008
- What Next for Rail Infrastructure Charging in Europe? (PDF 1.3 MB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson at the IMPRINT-NET EG-Rail, 4th Meeting, Brussels, November 28, 2007
- HSR Lessons Learned - Presentation (PDF 141KB). WTS Discussion, High Speed Rail Summit for the East Coast.
Lou Thompson, Moderator, “Lessons Learned” Session. Raleigh, NC, October 22, 2007
- Rail Issue Discussion in Chile (PDF1.8 MB).
Louis S. Thompson, July 5, 2007
- Discussion of High Speed Rail Issues
presentation to conference for Representative John Mica, March 20, 2007
- Can Railway Change for the Better/ B.R. Privatization in Context
Transportation research Group Discussion, University of Southampton, October 16, 2016
- Restructuring and Revitalizing ADDY: Evolution, not Revolution (PDF 4.4 MB).
Louis S. Thompson, The Seneca Group, Baku, Azerbaijan, September 20, 2006
- Public Accounting and Asset Quality Data: Reporting and Data Requirements for Effective Management and Regulation of Rail Infrastructure (PDF 77 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson at the IMPRINT-NET Discussion, Brussels, September 15, 2006
- Rail Infrastructure Access Charge Issues
World Bank Transport Forum, Washington, DC, March 10, 2005
- Should Train Operations be Separated from the Provision of the Track Infrastructure: Will it work in Theory? OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation. (PDF 271 KB). Presentation by Lou Thompson, World Bank, Paris, February 14, 2005
- Entry of the CEEC railways: Opportunity, Challenge and Promise
Conference on Public Passengr Transport, Brussels, Belgium, January 27, 2005
- Infrastructure Access Charging Issues
ECMT Group on Discussion of Rail Infrastructure, Geneva, Switzerland, October 28/29, 2004
- Railway Trends in Europe, Russia and China
TRF discussion session, May 12, 2004
- New Rail Passenger Structure in the United States: Using Experience from the E.U., Japan and Latin America (main text and figures)
Louis S. Thompson, November 2003
- Best Practices in Railway Reform (PDF 698 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, Consultant (retired Railways Adviser), The World Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 10, 2003
- The Regulatory Challenge in Russian Railways (PDF 240 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank at the OECD Seminar, 22 May, 2003
- Business Structure at IR (PDF 71 KB).
Presentation by Lou Thompson and Jit Sondhi at the Vienna Railway Roundtable, January 21-23, 2003
- Evolution of Railways and Network Structures in Europe
European Transport Conference 2002, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK, 10 September 2002
- State of the Railway World (PDF 1.6 MB).
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 2002
- Worldwide railway restructuring: Application in Macedonia
Skopje, Macedonia, May 23/24, 2002
- TCDD Challenges (PDF 278 KB).
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson in Ankara, 3 May 2002
- Presentation to the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Meeting (PDF 989 KB).
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 21, 2002
- Questions in Railway Labor Redundancy
World Bank discussion, Warsaw, Poland, March 8, 2002
- Restructuring of China Railways: Implications for India.
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank in New Delhi, India, March 1, 2002
- Topics in Chinese Railway Reform.
- OECD Presentation, January 2002
Part 1: Directions of Railway Reform (PDF 2 MB)
Part 2: Transition Challenges in Chinese Railway Reform (PDF 2.5 MB)
- Minister Fu Briefing in Beijing, March 2000 (Chinese and English version)
Railway Restructuring in China: The Great Railway Challenge (PDF 850 KB)
- Lessons from Bringing the Private Sector Into Railways Operations in Latin America and Africa
European Transport Conference, Cambridge, UK, September 11, 2001
- Proceedings of a workshop: Better Ways to Deliver and Fund Regional and Suburban Passenger Rail Services, (9.45MB) held in Colmar, France, June 13 to 15, 2001
- State of the Railway World
Presentation in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2001
- Competitive Rail Access Issues
Canada Transportation Act Review Panel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 26, 2001
- Public/Private Partnerships in Railways: Recent Achievements and Experience
Central and Eastern European Rail 2000, Budapest, Hungary, April 4, 2000
- Railway Restructuring Experiences (PDF 777 KB).
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson in New Delhi, India, February 18, 2000
- Rescuing Railways: Recent Achievements and Experience. What Are The Trends? (PDF 317KB).
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 14, 2000
- On Track Toward Railways Restructuring: Recent Achievements and Experience. What Are The Trends? (PDF 59 KB)
Presentation by Louis S. Thompson at Estonian Railways Seminar 1999