Selvakumar M, Ramulu D Siddi, Sankar K
Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu 602117 India.
L&T Infra Engineering Limited, TC 2 Third Floor, Mount Poonamallee Road, Post Box No: 979, Manapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600089 India.
Urban Rail Transit. 2023;9(1):31-41. doi: 10.1007/s40864-022-00184-9. Epub 2023 Feb 27.
This study aims to analyse the inter-rail modal shift behaviour of suburban rail passengers to examine ridership for the proposed metro extension corridor in Chennai, India. This investigation was conducted in 2019 as part of a feasibility study for the extension of the metro line spanning between Chennai Airport and Kilambakkam, a southern suburb of Chennai. The same origin-destination pair is also served by the suburban rail system. It is an extension of the operating line from Washermenpet to the airport of the Phase I metro project. For this inter-rail competition study, a sample of 272 suburban rail passengers covering work, education and other trip purposes were interviewed using a stated preference questionnaire. Six stated scenarios were considered for analyses which included travel time saving by using the metro along with the fare difference between metro and bus. The study revealed that suburban rail passengers were less concerned about travel time saving and gave priority to fare difference irrespective of trip purpose. This shows the unique metro choice behaviour of suburban rail travellers in the Indian context.
本研究旨在分析城郊铁路乘客的铁路间模式转换行为，以考察印度钦奈拟建地铁延伸走廊的客流量。这项调查于2019年进行，是钦奈机场与钦奈南郊基兰巴卡姆之间地铁线路延伸可行性研究的一部分。城郊铁路系统也服务于相同的起讫点对。它是一期地铁项目从瓦舍门佩特到机场的运营线路的延伸。对于这项铁路间竞争研究，使用一份陈述偏好问卷对272名城郊铁路乘客进行了访谈，这些乘客涵盖工作、教育和其他出行目的。分析考虑了六种陈述情景，包括乘坐地铁节省的出行时间以及地铁与公交之间的票价差异。研究表明，城郊铁路乘客不太关注节省出行时间，无论出行目的如何，都优先考虑票价差异。这显示了印度背景下城郊铁路乘客独特的地铁选择行为。
