Impact of Individual Attributes, Train Service Attributes, and Station Accessibility on the Behavior of Choosing Between Conventional Rail, Intercity Rail, and High-Speed Rail in the Nanjing–Shanghai Corridor

The entry of high-speed rail (HSR) and intercity rail has greatly affected conventional rail. The three rail modes differ not only in train service attributes but in station accessibility. The conventional rail has a strong price advantage but performs poorly in travel speed; the intercity rail has advantages on travel speed and station accessibility but is rather expensive; and the HSR remains the best option of travel speed but is hindered by the weak link between the suburban station and city center. However, few studies have considered their differences in station accessibility or analyzed the impact of station accessibility on modal choice among them. This paper considers these three rail modes in the Nanjing-Shanghai corridor and explicitly quantifies their differences in train service attributes and station accessibility. Using travel survey data collected from passengers of these rail modes, a multinomial logit model is established to analyze the effect of passengers’ individual attributes, train service attributes and station accessibility in the choice behavior among the three modes. The results indicate that this choice behavior is influenced by age, education background, occupation, source of expenses, train running time, fare/income ratio, access/egress mode and access/egress time to/from stations. In particular, the impact of access/egress time to/from stations is far greater than that of the train running time; thus, strategies that reduce the access/egress time would be more effective than those that reduce the train running time. These findings are helpful for rail service optimization and can promote the attractiveness of rail transportation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AR010 Standing Committee on Intercity Passenger Rail. Alternate title: Impact of Individual Attributes, Train Service Attributes, and Station Accessibility on the Behavior of Choosing Among Conventional Rail, Intercity Rail, and High-Speed Rail in the Nanjing–Shanghai Corridor
• Authors:
  • Lin, Zao
  • Yang, Min
  • Wang, Wei
  • Pu, Xiang
  • Xu, Chengcheng
  • Wang, Yuxuan
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Behavior; Demographics; High speed rail; Intercity transportation; Mode choice; Multinomial logits; Passengers; Railroad stations; Transportation corridors; Travel surveys
• Geographic Terms: Nanjing (China); Shanghai (China)
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01662546
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-02864
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 12 2018 3:02PM