00983392

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/1887-12

http://scholar.google.com...DSON&publication_year=2004

In the North American commuter rail environment, authorities planning to commence or expand service have several rolling stock options to evaluate. In the nonelectrified mixed-traffic operating environments that are prevalent outside the northeastern United States, locomotive-hauled vehicles--diesel-electric locomotives with head-end power units used in push-pull operation with single- or multiple-level coaches--have traditionally been the equipment of choice. With the imminent reemergence of a diesel multiple unit vehicle compliant with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) standards for mixed traffic operation, the available equipment options have expanded. Authorities must be provided with the required information to evaluate and compare the costs and benefits of this newly available option. The true direct costs (excluding track access fees and insurance; justification for the exclusion of these issues is included) associated with the life cycle of rail vehicles are evaluated to provide transit authorities with the information required to make informed procurement decisions.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1887, Transit: Planning and Development, Management and Performance, Marketing and Fare Policy, and Capacity and Quality of Service.

00983380

English

p. 99-105

2004

Transportation Research Record

0309094828

Figures (6) ; References (4) ; Tables (3)

Alternatives analysis; Benefit cost analysis; Diesel multiple unit cars; Economics; Life cycle costing; Locomotives; Railroad commuter service; Rolling stock

Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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