STUDIES IN RAILROAD OPERATION AND ECONOMICS. VOLUME 9: RELIABILITY IN RAILROAD OPERATIONS. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Staring in February 1971, Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducted a study of rail freight service reliability for FRA. With the assistance of eight major railroad, MIT first established measures of reliability, quantified current railroad performance and isolated some of the causes of unreliability. The conclusions of this phase are that unreliability does exist, that the problems are in yards, that unreliability can be improved in the short run by changes in rail operations and that a dialogue with shippers is critical.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Policy and Program Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sussman, J M
  • Martland, C D
  • Lang, A S
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight trains; Operations; Planning; Quality of service; Reliability; Shipper demand; Train operations; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies; Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080465
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Report/Paper Numbers: R73-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 11 1977 12:00AM