Open AccessIntercity rail services: A nested logit stated choice analysis of pricing options
Author(s) -
Hensher David A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670320202
Subject(s) - nested logit , service (business) , mode choice , government (linguistics) , logit , transport engineering , business , mode (computer interface) , economics , public economics , marketing , engineering , econometrics , public transport , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , operating system
There is a renewed interest in intercity and long‐distance rail services in many countries, with both new high‐speed rail services and improvements to conventional rail under review. The current study reports on an investigation using a stated choice experiment, of the demand for sleeper services between Sydney, Northern New South Wales (NSW) and Brisbane in Australia, a 12 to 14 hour trip, just after a decision by the NSW government to temporarily suspend sleeper services and introduce seating service only, pending an inquiry into the demand for such loss‐making services under alternative price and service levels. A matrix of direct fare elasticities within the rail mode and between rail and competing modes are obtained for concession and non‐concession travellers from a nested logit model. The empirical evidence extends our knowledge of the sensitivity of the long distance passenger market to a range of rails fares, distinguishing between classes of fares and levels of service.