Governance before kilometres: regulating a railway revival

Railway Gazette International header: “Regulators support market opening”

This article features insights from Elvira Palomino Alarcón, CEO and Director of Legal Engineering at TrAInsolutions, on railway governance and project structuring.

In “Governance before kilometres: regulating a railway revival”, she highlights the critical role of early-stage institutional design in ensuring project bankability, operational efficiency and long-term sustainability.

Drawing on international models and Latin American case studies, she underscores how governance frameworks shape risk allocation, execution performance and dispute prevention across complex railway systems.

Railway Gazette International (April 2026) p.20 -24

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