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NCHRP Report 657: Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors (2010)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Bing, Alan J, Beshers, Eric W, Chavez, Megan, Simpson, David P, Horowitz, Emmanuel S, Zullig, Walter E, Transportation Research Board. "2.4.2 The Access Agreement and Infrastructure Improvements." NCHRP Report 657: Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Front Matter (R1-R11)
1.1 Introduction (1-1)
1.2.1 Historical Background (2-3)
1.2.2 The Present Situation (4-4)
1.3.1 Scope (5-5)
1.3.2 Purpose (6-6)
1.3.3 Content (7-8)
2.1.1 Content of Section (9-9)
2.1.2 Passenger Rail Development Timeline (10-10)
2.2.2 Understanding the Railroad Industry (11-11)
2.2.4 Role of Long-Term Planning (12-12)
2.2.5 Is the Proposed Service Amtrak Intercity or Commuter? (13-15)
2.2.6 Educating Public Officials (16-17)
2.3.1 Introduction (18-19)
2.3.2 The Feasibility Study (20-21)
2.4 Substantive Negotiations (22-22)
2.4.1 Defining What the Passenger Agency Needs (23-24)
2.4.2 The Access Agreement and Infrastructure Improvements (25-27)
2.4.3 Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs (28-28)
2.5.1 The National Liability Situation and Amtrak (29-29)
2.5.2 Non-Amtrak Passenger Rail Service Operators and Agencies (30-32)
3.2.1 Simulation and Modeling Overview (33-35)
3.2.2 Choice and Availability of Models (36-36)
3.2.3 Using Simulation and Modeling in Rail Corridor Planning and Negotiations (37-39)
3.3.1 Right-of-Way Access or Acquisition (40-40)
3.3.2 Estimating Capital Costs (41-41)
3.3.3 Sharing Infrastructure Capital Costs (42-42)
3.3.4 Rolling Stock Capital Costs (43-43)
3.3.5 Signaling and Train Control Capital Costs (44-44)
3.4.1 Overview (45-45)
3.4.2 Railroad Operations and Maintenance Cost Categories (46-47)
3.4.3 Cost-Sharing and Allocation Approaches (48-48)
3.4.4 Operations and Maintenance Cost Analysis (49-49)
3.4.5 Application to Intercity and Commuter Operations (50-51)
4.1 Introduction (52-52)
4.2 Types of Agreements Needed to Implement Passenger Rail Service (53-55)
4.2.2 Introduction to Commuter Service (56-56)
4.3.1 Introduction (57-57)
4.3.2 Inputs to and Preparations for Finalizing the Agreements (58-59)
4.3.3 Agreements between Amtrak and the Freight Railroad (60-60)
4.3.4 An Agreement between the Passenger Rail Agency and Amtrak (61-61)
4.3.5 Agreement between the Passenger Rail Agency and the Host Railroad(s) (62-63)
4.4.1 Basic Structure of a Commuter Rail Service on Shared Track (64-64)
4.4.2 Inputs to and Preparations for Finalizing Commuter Rail Operating Agreements (65-66)
4.4.3 Access Alternatives (67-68)
4.4.4 Agreement with the Host Freight Railroad (69-69)
4.4.5 Operations and Maintenance Services Agreements (70-71)
4.5.2 Minor Agreement Revisions to Provide a Limited Service Addition or Performance Improvement (72-72)
4.5.4 Managing Change with a Passenger Railroad Host and Freight Tenant (73-73)
5.1 Introduction (74-74)
5.2.1 PRIIA Requirements and FRA, STB, and Amtrak Actions on Intercity Passenger Service Quality (75-75)
5.2.3 Agreement Revisions and Updates (76-76)
5.3 Specific Approaches to Managing Amtrak Intercity Services (77-78)
5.4 Specific Approaches to Managing Commuter Services (79-79)
5.5 Case Studies in Service Management (80-82)
Acts of Congress (reverse chronological order) (83-83)
Federal Government Regulations and Industry Technical Standards (84-84)
Capacity and Cost Analysis (85-85)
Other Shared-Use Issues, Including Liability and Safety (86-86)
Miscellaneous (87-88)
Acronyms (89-91)
Appendix A - The U.S. Railroad Industry (92-108)
Appendix B - U.S. Railroad Legal and Institutional Arrangements (109-126)
Appendix C - Railroad Safety Regulations (127-137)
Appendix D - Case Studies of Passenger Rail Service Developments and Processes (138-169)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (170-170)