TCRP G-14 “Contracting Commuter Rail Services” is a current research project sponsored by the Transit Cooperative Research Program of the Transportation Research Board. The objective of this research is to provide guidance to public agencies and other key stakeholders in the contracting of commuter rail services.
The study team recently completed phase one, access the interim report here Contracting Commuter Rail Services: Interim Report.
The first task was to review previous research and available literature relevant to contracting commuter rail services. Task 2 documented how commuter rail services are currently provided by creating system profiles for all commuter rail services in North America. Task 3-5 identified commuter rail systems for in-depth case study research and documented results from case studies. The purpose of this web page is to make the system profiles and case studies available to the TCRP G-14 Panel.
Location of Commuter Rail Systems
North America
Click on the map to navigate to explore commuter rail systems in North America and to access agency profiles.
Northeastern Detail
Click on the map to navigate to explore commuter rail systems in the Northeastern United States and to access agency profiles.
Standard Adobe PDF of All Profiles
(Requires Adobe Reader, file contains bookmarks and is best read outside your browser, file size ~21mb)
Download a Standard PDF of All Profiles
Individual System Profiles
Click on links to download individual commuter rail system profiles (files are in alpha order by country then state):
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- West Coast Express (WCE), South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- GO Transit, Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, Toronto, Ontario, CAN
- Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM), Montreal, Quebec, CAN
- Altamont Corridor Express (ACE), San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, Stockton, California, USA
- Caltrain, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, San Carlos, California, USA
- COASTER, North County Transit District, Oceanside, California, USA
- Metrolink, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, Los Angeles, California, USA
- SMART, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District, San Francisco, California, USA
- RTD, Regional Transportation District, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Shore Line East (SLE), Connecticut Department of Transportation, Newington, Connecticut, USA
- SunRail, Florida Department of Transportation, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Tri-Rail, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
- Metra, Metropolitan Rail Corporation, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- South Shore Line, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, Chesterton, Indiana, USA
- Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC), Maryland Transit Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- MBTA, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Northstar, Northstar Corridor Development Authority, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- NJ TRANSIT, New Jersey Public Transportation Corporation, New Jersey-New York, USA
- New Mexico Rail Runner Express (Rail Runner), Rio Metro Regional Transit District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City, New York, USA
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (Metro-North), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City, New York, USA
- Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City, New York, USA
- Westside Express Service (WES), Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Music City Star, Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- A-train, Denton County Transportation Authority, Denton, Texas, USA
- MetroRail, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Austin, Texas, USA
- Trinity Railway Express (TRE), Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Fort Worth Transportation Authority, Dallas-Ft Worth, Texas, USA
- FrontRunner, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Virginia Railway Express (VRE), Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C., USA
- Sounder, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Seattle, Washington, USA
Case Studies
Click on links to download individual case study (files are in alpha order by country then state):
(Requires Adobe Reader, file size ~1mb per file)
- GO Transit, Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, Toronto, Ontario, CAN
- Altamont Corridor Express (ACE), San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, Stockton, California, USA
- COASTER, North County Transit District, Oceanside, California, USA
- Metrolink, Southern California Regional Rail Authority, Los Angeles, California, USA
- MBTA, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Westside Express Service (WES), Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, USA
- FrontRunner, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
