SURVEY OF METROLINER TELEPHONE USERS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ANALYZING TELEPHONE CHANNEL CAPACITY AND LOADING

The results of the survey of the Metroliner telephone users show that 11.5% of the passengers used the telephone. Among the users 71% had to wait, 73.5% of the passengers recommended telephone service, and 37.2% were for television. The average telephone demand was estimated. Three computer programs were provided for: (1) space-time diagram of the trains on the track, (2) the number of trains on the track, and (3) the telephone channel-capacity distribution of each train including the loading factor of each channel.

• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chin, G Y
  • Eaves, R E
  • Yoh, P
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 58 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Demand; Passenger trains; Passengers; Surveys; Telephone
• Identifier Terms: Metroliner (Express train)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Telephone channel capacity
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941414
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-RT-73-35,, DOT-TSC-FRA-73-5,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: R3303/RR304
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 23 2003 12:00AM