South West Trains Tackles the Capacity Crunch

Stagecoach will begin its third round of managing South West Trains (SWT), Britain's busiest passenger line, in February 2007. Scheduled to last a decade, it is during this third tenure that Stagecoach has commited SWT to increasing suburban capacity 20% and mainline capacity 21%. Ridership has increased 50% since Stagecoach began managing SWT in 1996, but has not quite reached maximum capacity. The author discusses Stagecoach's plans for effectively meeting capacity challenges, as well as other issues affecting SWT, such as punctuality, rolling stock, and public perception. An insert outlines the railway career of Ian Dobbs, SWT chairman.

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• Authors:
  • Barrow, Keith
• Publication Date: 2007-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 14-16
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Management; On time performance; Passenger service; Public relations; Railroad transportation; Railroad vehicle operations; Ridership; Rolling stock; Station operations; Terminal operations
• Identifier Terms: South West Trains; Stagecoach (Firm)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad capacity
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Maintenance and Preservation; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01043457
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 2 2007 2:20PM