EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TRAIN DELAYS AT CANADIAN NATIONAL

A better understanding of the economic implications of service disruptions in the railroad industry can lead to reduced operational costs and improved service. This paper describes a new methodology, the train delay economic model (TDEM), which has been developed to quantify the impact of train delays. The model can: produce results which are corridor specific; consider the 'ripple' effect of a delay upon the balance of the network; consider the economic impacts of revenue loss; and, make use of actual historical train movement data in the formulation of estimates.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

  209-15 Innovation Boulevard
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Veillette, S
  • Abbott, B
• Conference:
  • Going Beyond: Moving into the New Millenium
  • Location: Montreal, Canada
  • Date: 1999-5-16 to 1999-5-19
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 529-543

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dispatching; Economic impacts; Level of service; Railroad transportation; Revenues; Scheduling; Service discontinuance
• Identifier Terms: Canadian National
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791101
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 2000 12:00AM