Contracting Services for Intercity
Passenger Rail
September 24, 2013
Ray Chambers
• Executive Director – AIPRO
Norm Jester
• VP of Corporate Development – Herzog Transit
James Seal
• Government Affairs – Veolia Transportation
COMPETITION
‘Ma and Pa’ Operators?
Every Year AIPRO Members:
Carry over 1 Billion Passengers Worldwide
In the United States it’s over 80 million
passengers…
…and over 250,000 train movements!
AIPRO Contract Rail Operations in the United States
Bombardier
Herzog Transit
Keolis
Veolia
Herzog Transit Services Inc. Active Rail Projects
AGENCY
Trinity Railway Express
LOCATION
Dallas, TX
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.
Caltrain
San Jose, CA
New Jersey Transit
Atlantic City, NJ
North County Transit District.
Coaster
Capital Metropolitan Transportation
Authority.
MetroRail
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission.
Altamont Corridor Express
Denton County Transportation Authority.
A-train
Oceanside, CA
Austin, TX
Stockton, CA
Lewisville, TX
Port of Los Angeles.
Waterfront Red Car Line
Los Angeles, CA
North County Transit District.
Sprinter
Escondido, CA
SCOPE
•Operations
•Maintenance
•ROW Maintenance
•Dispatch
•Operations
•Maintenance
•ROW Maintenance
•Station Maintenance
•Facility Maintenance
•Revenue Collection
•Equipment Maintenance
•Operations
•Maintenance
•Fare Enforcement
•ROW Maintenance
•Signals and Communication
•Operations
•Maintenance
•Dispatching
•ROW Maintenance
Annual Passengers
2.4 Million
12 Million
1 Million
1.5 Million
575,000
•Train Operations
•Equipment Maintenance
750,000
•Operations
•Maintenance
•ROW Maintenance
•Dispatching
•Operations
•Maintenance
•ROW Maintenance
•Train Dispatching
•MOW Services
420,000
87,167
3.5 Million
Challenges
1) Making a Return on Investment
2) Amtrak was given an Intercity Monopoly
3) Amtrak owns critical rights of way on the
Northeast Corridor & Michigan
4) Only Amtrak has mandatory access at low cost
to freight track
5) Liability issues generally benefit Amtrak but
states control risk
6) Amtrak owns equipment and facilities which
private operators do not
Veolia Active Rail Projects
AGENCY
LOCATION
SCOPE
Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority
Boston, MA
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South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Pompano Beach FL
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Operations
Maintenance
ROW maintenance and construction
Signal and systems
Dispatch
Equipment maintenance
Customer Service
Marketing
Fare collection and enforcement
Annual Passengers
37 Million
Operations
Customer service
8 Million
North County Transit District
Sprinter
Oceanside, CA
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Operations
Equipment Maintenance
Southern California Regional Rail Authority
Metrolink
Los Angeles, CA
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Infrastructure Maintenance
3.5 Million
13 Million
PRIIA Laid the Foundation
• Section 209 – Cost Allocation Methodology &
States Take Control of Destiny
• Section 217 – Provides Formal Process for
Equipment & Facilities Transfer &
Compensation to Amtrak
• Sec 301 – Capital Grants to States. AIPRO
Proposes further Investment Tied to
Competitive Reforms
Stakeholders & AIPRO Partners
• States
• Amtrak
• Track Owning Railroads & Freight Interests
• Labor
• FRA & USDOT
What’s Next?
• Competition Works  Let’s all work together
to innovate and create a High Performance
Passenger Rail Network
• Vision  One state needs to be the innovator
and pioneer, the results will speak for
themselves
Thank You!
Questions?
www.passengerrail.org