Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Many of these organizations and individuals are unfamiliar with the railroad industry and the issues that confront officials implementing and operating successful passenger rail services. This Guidebook had been developed to help these officials and 1 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction, Background, and Purpose
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Note that this Guidebook is not a complete guide to implementing and operating a commuter or intercity passenger rail service, but rather concentrates on establishing mutually acceptable contracts and working relationships where the passenger service shares the corridor with other rail service providers. This Guidebook has been developed under the auspices of NCHRP Project 8-64, "A Guidebook on Improved Principles, Processes, and Methods for Shared-Use Passenger and Freight-Rail Corridors." As many users will be aware, this Guidebook is being published in a period of rapid change in laws, regulations, and procedures applicable to passenger rail initiatives.
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The purpose of shifting passenger service away from the freight carriers was twofold: (1) to take the financial burden of money-losing passenger carriage off the freight railroads and (2)
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Beyond the incremental expansion of conventional intercity passenger rail services, many states have banded together to propose improved regional rail passenger service over existing railroad rights-of-way, in many cases including higher-speed operation up to 110 mph. The most extensive plans have been developed by a consortium of Midwestern states, and similar efforts are under way in Virginia and the Carolinas, Florida, and California.
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1.3 Scope, Purpose, and Content 1.3.1 Scope This Guidebook addresses principles, processes, and methods for the implementation and operation of rail passenger services on rail corridors that are shared by passenger and freight services and that are part of the General Railroad System of Transportation in the United States. The owner of the corridor is normally known as the host railroad, and other rail services operating over the corridor are known as tenant railroads.
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In almost all cases, state, regional, and local governments establish specialist agencies to manage the funding, development and operation of passenger rail services. These agencies go under a variety of titles, depending on local laws and practices, and in this report are referred to generically as either passenger rail agencies, which could be responsible for any type of passenger rail service, or commuter rail agencies, which are only concerned with commuter service.
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• Principles, methods, and processes for reaching agreement on the ongoing management of passenger rail service quality, including performance criteria, dispatching priorities, OTP, and track quality. 1.3.3 Content This Guidebook identifies what principles, processes, and methods contribute to the successful development and operation of passenger rail services on shared-use corridors.
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• Appendix D: Case Studies of Passenger Rail Service Developments and Processes. This appendix provides examples of passenger rail developments including descriptions of how existing arrangements evolved, how the present situation differs from that in earlier times, recent examples of successful services, and applications of key processes.
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