Abstract
The Korean government, as of last year, is attempting to introduce a competitive system in the rail-market.
However there are some pertinent issues which need to be addressed in order to select the best possibleorganization for optimum railway traffic control. As there are no standard guidelines in selecting an agency,objective evaluation factors need to be properly applied to ensure the best possible decision is made. Throughliterature review and various interviews with experts, appropriate criteria were selected to evaluate the suitability ofeach potential operator. As generally mentioned, both safety and efficiency play vital roles in the selection processbut in addition, there are other factors such as security and fairness, which also need to be considered. Theindividual weight of these factors were calculated by the AHP, in which three groups of experts were interviewedto acquire their expertise. According to the results, as a potential operator, the score of a railway operatingcompany and the management cooperation of railway is 2.75 and 3.85, respectively. In the future, in preparationtowards becoming a competitive rail-market, this research is expected to assist in choosing the best party tocontrol the rail traffic system.
However there are some pertinent issues which need to be addressed in order to select the best possibleorganization for optimum railway traffic control. As there are no standard guidelines in selecting an agency,objective evaluation factors need to be properly applied to ensure the best possible decision is made. Throughliterature review and various interviews with experts, appropriate criteria were selected to evaluate the suitability ofeach potential operator. As generally mentioned, both safety and efficiency play vital roles in the selection processbut in addition, there are other factors such as security and fairness, which also need to be considered. Theindividual weight of these factors were calculated by the AHP, in which three groups of experts were interviewedto acquire their expertise. According to the results, as a potential operator, the score of a railway operatingcompany and the management cooperation of railway is 2.75 and 3.85, respectively. In the future, in preparationtowards becoming a competitive rail-market, this research is expected to assist in choosing the best party tocontrol the rail traffic system.
| Translated title of the contribution | Development of Evaluation Factors for Selecting Operator of Rail Traffic-Control |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 327-335 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | 대한교통학회지 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2014 |