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1 The purpose of TCRP Research Report 200: Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook is to provide an easy-to-use reference to assist public agencies and other key stakeholders with contracting commuter rail services. Previously, there has been no general reference to document current practice or no generally recognized guidelines to consider in determining how to provide commuter rail service.
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2 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook As late as the early 1980s, commuter rail served only a handful of U.S. cities.
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Summary 3 Each commuter rail system is either agency operated or contracted. There are also commuter rail agencies that are mixed, that is, they operate directly and contract for services.
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4 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook System Service Area Year Open to Public Service Train Operations Dispatch Maintenance of Way Maintenance of Equipment Agency Operated and Maintained Commuter Rail (8) PATH New York City–New Jersey 1962 LIRR New York City–Long Island, NY 1966 Metro-North New York City–North and East NY 1983 NJ TRANSIT New Jersey–New York City 1983 SEPTA Philadelphia, PA 1983 South Shore Line South Bend, IN–Chicago, IL 1989 FrontRunner Ogden–Salt Lake City–Provo, UT 2008 SMART Sonoma–Marin counties, CA 2017 Contracted Commuter Rail–Bundled (12)
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Summary 5 • Commuter rail agency governance. The governance structure of the commuter rail agency may affect whether the agency considers directly operating or contracting commuter rail functions.
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6 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook In doing so, the commuter rail agency is better equipped to make informed decisions about contracting part or all of the primary functions. Table 2 provides a summary of the opportunities and challenges for each approach to service delivery based on case study research.
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Summary 7 Service Delivery Approach Strengths Challenges Agency Operated • Direct accountability to the customer. • Central services costs shared across all modes.
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8 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook • Procurement practices. Part of the case study research included documentation of recent procurements for different commuter rail systems for bundled and unbundled services.
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