In order to increase competition between railway undertakings, competent authorities may decide that contracts for public passenger transport services by rail covering parts of the same network or package of routes are to be awarded to different railway undertakings.
Ar mhaithe le hiomaíocht a mhéadú i measc gnóthais iarnróid, féadfaidh údaráis inniúla a chinneadh go ndámhfar conarthaí do sheirbhísí iompair poiblí do phaisinéirí d'iarnród a chumhdóidh codanna den ghréasán céanna nó den phacáiste céanna bealaí ar ghnóthais éagsúla iarnróid.