Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2018

Subject Area

place - north america, mode - rail, organisation - contracting, infrastructure - maintainance

Keywords

Passenger Transportation, Public Transportation, Railroads

Abstract

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 200: Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 2: Commuter Rail System Profiles describes the 31 commuter rail services in North America and the various delivery approaches, and documents a broad range of strategies and approaches for managing the operation and maintenance issues associated with the contracting of commuter rail services.

This report complements TCRP Research Report 200: Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook, which provides an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of each potential approach for providing commuter rail service, including the primary functions for commuter rail delivery—train operations, dispatch, maintenance of way, and maintenance of equipment. The guidebook includes a decision tree analysis and summarizes current trends for contracting commuter rail services, along with highlighting innovative approaches for contracting transportation services.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.

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