1. 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

3. COMPETITION

4. ‘Ma and Pa’ Operators?

5. 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!

6. AIPRO Contract Rail Operations in the United States
Bombardier
Herzog Transit
Keolis
Veolia

7. Herzog Transit Services Inc. Active Rail Projects
AGENCY
LOCATION
SCOPE
Annual Passengers
Trinity Railway Express
Dallas, TX
•Operations
•Maintenance
•ROW Maintenance
•Dispatch
2.4 Million
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.
Caltrain
San Jose, CA
•Station Maintenance
•Facility Maintenance
•Revenue Collection
12 Million
New Jersey Transit
Atlantic City, NJ
•Equipment Maintenance
1 Million
North County Transit District.
Coaster
Oceanside, CA
•Fare Enforcement
•Signals and Communication
1.5 Million
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
MetroRail
Austin, TX
•Dispatching
575,000
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission.
Altamont Corridor Express
Stockton, CA
•Train Operations
750,000
Denton County Transportation Authority.
A-train
Lewisville, TX
420,000
Port of Los Angeles.
Waterfront Red Car Line
Los Angeles, CA
87,167
Sprinter
Escondido, CA
•Train Dispatching
•MOW Services
3.5 Million

8. Challenges Making a Return on Investment
Amtrak was given an Intercity Monopoly
Amtrak owns critical rights of way on the Northeast Corridor & Michigan
Only Amtrak has mandatory access at low cost to freight track
Liability issues generally benefit Amtrak but states control risk
Amtrak owns equipment and facilities which private operators do not

9. Veolia Active Rail Projects
AGENCY
LOCATION
SCOPE
Annual Passengers
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Boston, MA
·  Operations
·         Maintenance
·         ROW maintenance and construction
·         Signal and systems
·         Dispatch
·         Equipment maintenance
·         Customer Service
·         Marketing
·         Fare collection and enforcement
37 Million
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Pompano Beach FL
Operations
Customer service
8 Million
North County Transit District
Sprinter
Oceanside, CA
Equipment Maintenance
3.5 Million
Southern California Regional Rail Authority
Metrolink
Los Angeles, CA
Infrastructure Maintenance
13 Million

10. 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

11. Stakeholders & AIPRO Partners
States
Amtrak
Track Owning Railroads & Freight Interests
Labor
FRA & USDOT

12. 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

13. Questions? www.passengerrail.org
Thank You!
Questions?