Service-Level Choice Modeling in Suburban Railway Transport

This paper focuses on modeling passengers' choices of service levels in suburban railway public transport, where multiple service levels are available. The aim is to analyze cases where the exact timetable is unknown, but journey times and service frequencies for each service level on a given route are available. The paper first introduces the hierarchy and segmentation of passenger transport, along with the transport supply parameters that influence system-split. This is followed by a description of the mathematical model and the method used for its calibration. The results of the model calibration for selected suburban railway routes in the Prague metropolitan area are then presented. Finally, the findings are discussed in terms of how journey time and service frequency affect passengers' average travel times on specific routes served by multiple service levels of public transport.