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29 This chapter identifies the key characteristics of the commuter rail systems in the United States and Canada. The chapter provides descriptive information about each of the commuter rail systems, such as the number of rail lines and ownership of the rail right-of-way.
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30 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook Figure 3. Map of 31 commuter rail systems in North America in 2017.
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Key Characteristics of Commuter Rail Systems 31 S ta te o r P ro vi n ce Commuter Rail System Service Area Le g ac y N ew S ta rt s Number of Rail Lines Total Directional Route Miles UNITED STATES CA ACE Stockton–San Jose, CA 1998 x Single 172 CA Caltrain San Francisco–San Jose–Gilroy, CA 1992 x Single 154 CA COASTER San Diego County, CA 1995 x Single 82 CA Metrolink Southern CA–Los Angeles, CA 1992 x Multi (7) 824 CA SMART Sonoma and Marin counties, CA 2017 x Single 86 CO RTD Denver, CO 2016 x Two 59 CT SLE New Haven–New London, CT 1990 x Single 101 FL SunRail Central Florida–Orlando, FL 2014 x Single 64 FL Tri-Rail South Florida 1989 x Single 142 IL Metra Chicago, IL 1983 x Multiple (11)
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32 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook S ta te o r P ro vi n ce Commuter Rail System Number of Rail Lines Owner of Railroad Rights-of-Way United States CA ACE Single UPRR and PCJPB CA Caltrain Single PCJPB and UPRR CA COASTER Single NCTD and San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) CA Metrolink Multiple (7)
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Key Characteristics of Commuter Rail Systems 33 • MBTA • MARC (Penn Line) • SEPTA • GO Transit For multi-line commuter rail systems, level of service may be less on some rail lines.
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34 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook Level of Service E Commuter rail systems that operate peak periods, peak direction include the following: • ACE • MARC (Brunswick Line) • Northstar (limited weekend service)
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Key Characteristics of Commuter Rail Systems 35 S iz e S ta te o r P ro vi n ce Commuter Rail System Number of Rail Lines Total Directional Route Miles Annual Passenger Trips in 000's 2016 Annual Passenger Miles in 000's 2016 Annual Passenger Car Revenue Miles in 000's 2016 Annual Operating Expenses in 000's 2016 M eg al ar ge NY LIRR Multiple (11) 638 103,197 2,154,354 66,763 $1,309,291 NJ NJ TRANSIT Multiple (8)
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36 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook • Denver RTD • Sounder • Tri-Rail • South Shore Line • WCE • TRE • COASTER • ACE These rail systems represent a range of dates for opening of service. South Shore Line is a legacy system, and the rest are new starts.
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Key Characteristics of Commuter Rail Systems 37 • Type of rail equipment and age of rail equipment; passenger car seating capacity • Procedures for collecting and reporting service and financial data to the National Transit Database. Data from the database are used in the United States for peer performance comparisons.
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38 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook S iz e S ta te o r P ro vi n ce Commuter Rail System Number of Rail Lines Total Directional Route Miles Level of Service Passenger Miles/ Passenger Trip 2016 Passenger Trips/ Passenger Car Revenue Mile 2016 Operating Cost/ Passenger Trip 2016 Operating Cost/ Passenger Mile 2016 M eg al ar ge NY LIRR Multiple (11) 638 A 20.88 1.55 $12.69 $0.61 NJ NJ TRANSIT Multiple (8)
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Key Characteristics of Commuter Rail Systems 39 Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Number of U.S. Commuter Rail Systems Reporting 25 25 25 26 27 Passenger Miles per Passenger Trip Median 22.65 23.95 24.54 24.57 24.74 Average 23.89 24.27 23.86 23.58 23.36 Weighted Average 20.75 21.89 20.79 20.68 20.42 Passenger Trips per Passenger Car Revenue Mile Median 1.37 1.47 1.36 1.44 1.40 Average 1.74 1.74 1.72 1.72 1.72 Weighted Average 1.69 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.67 Operating Cost per Passenger Trip Median $12.00 $13.00 $13.31 $13.51 $13.62 Average $14.08 $14.03 $14.39 $15.63 $16.51 Weighted Average $9.51 $10.27 $10.54 $10.56 $10.78 Operating Cost per Passenger Mile Median $0.46 $0.49 $0.52 $0.56 $0.59 Average $0.69 $0.68 $0.69 $0.77 $0.84 Weighted Average $0.46 $0.47 $0.51 $0.51 $0.53 Source: National Transit Database 2016.
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