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Marginal railway track renewal costs: A survival data approach
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Transport economics, TEK.
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Transport economics, TEK.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8979-8781
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Transport economics, TEK.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0915-8256
2016 (English)In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, ISSN 0965-8564, E-ISSN 1879-2375, Vol. 87, p. 68-77Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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In this paper, renewal costs for railway tracks are investigated using survival analysis. The purpose is to derive the effect from increased traffic volumes on rail renewal cycle lengths and to calculate associated marginal costs. A flow sample of censored data containing almost 1300 observations on the Swedish main railway network is used. We specify Weibull regression models, and estimate deterioration elasticities for total tonnage as well as for passenger and freight tonnages separately. Marginal costs are calculated as a change in present values of renewal costs from premature renewal following increased traffic volumes. The marginal cost for total tonnage is estimated to approximately SEK 0.002 per gross ton kilometre.

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2016. Vol. 87, p. 68-77
Keywords [en]
Railway track, Cost, Regression analysis, Mathematical model, Ton kilometer, Rail traffic, Maintenance, Lifetime
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Transport Systems and Logistics
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J00 Railway: General works, surveys, comprehensive works; J00 Railway: General works, surveys, comprehensive works, J13 Railway: Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-10208DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.02.009ISI: 000375366600007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84961645078OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-10208DiVA, id: diva2:918875
Available from: 2016-04-12 Created: 2016-04-12 Last updated: 2022-10-24Bibliographically approved

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