Policy Coordination and Operational Synergies: Enhancing the Transport Product of the Eurasian Land-Bridge

Abstract

This paper examines the role of policy coordination and operational synergies in enhancing the transport product of the Eurasian land-bridge, understood as the composite service proposition that shippers purchase when they route cargo along the China-Central Asia-Europe corridor system. It moves beyond the conventional framing of corridor performance as a function of physical infrastructure alone and investigates how inter-governmental coordination, harmonisation of regulatory regimes, alignment of national railway operating schedules, and synergies between customs, banking and logistics operators jointly determine the quality and commercial attractiveness of the corridor's transport product.