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Hamilton‐Auckland Passenger Rail Service Strategic Assessment and Evaluation ScopingStrategic Assessment and Evaluation Scoping

Roger Boulter Don Wignall

Boulter Consulting Transport Futures Ltd

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KiwiRail’sPreliminary Economic Evaluation HandbookPreliminary Economic Evaluation Handbook

Passenger Rail Services

KiwiRail Handbook’s scopeKiwiRail Handbook s scopeStarts from rail’s needs

CBA only part of a bigger pictureCBA only part of a bigger picture

Evaluation in ContextStrategic AssessmentStrategic Assessment (Polices and Strategies)

Detailed EvaluationDetailed Evaluation (Proposals and Options)

E i E l tiEconomic Evaluation (Cost Benefit Analysis)

Strategic level assessmentStrategic level assessment

• ‘Level of service’ (users; ‘fit for purpose’?)

• Rail service with Expressway, urban railRail service with Expressway, urban rail services & urban form

A l i / ‘ id i ’ b fi• Agglomeration/ ‘wider economic’ benefits

• Congestion, saved parking, urban designg , p g, g

• High proportion of benefits are to Auckland

• Practical constraints are challenges to overcome

Detailed level evaluation (KiwiRail Handbook cf NZTA Manual)

l• User consumer surplus • Road traffic relief (as in NZTA Manual)( )• Community option values, non‐use values (in Handbook: subject to continuing NZTAHandbook: subject to continuing NZTA research)

• Health benefits (in NZTA Manual but not• Health benefits (in NZTA Manual but not usually applied to PT)

• Other benefits (e.g. agglomeration, externalities) 

Benefit‐cost ratios (base assumptions may differ)

NZTA Manual BCR KiwiRail Handbook BCRNZTA Manual BCR KiwiRail Handbook BCR

Through rail service        ( )

1.5 2.5(Hamilton‐Auckland)

Shuttle rail service          1.4 2.4(Hamilton‐Papakura)

Farebox recovery % and costs/ pax kmFarebox recovery % and costs/ pax‐km

Farebox recovery % Cost per Passenger kmFarebox recovery % Cost per Passenger km

Through rail service 44% 19 centsThrough rail service        (Hamilton‐Auckland)

44% 19 cents

Shuttle rail service         (Hamilton‐Papakura)

31% 24 cents

Practical issues and their resolutionPractical issues and their resolution

il i / ik• Rail service/ Waikato expressway: NZTA strategic planning approach

• Hamilton‐Auckland vs Auckland urban rail: LTMA requires inter‐regional; benefits inc to q g ;Auckland; practical issues surmountable (e.g. Strand))

• Auckland CBD rail loop?  Neither pre‐requisite nor guarantee of Hamilton servicenor guarantee of Hamilton service

• Level of service, spatial planning

Conclusions & recommendationsConclusions & recommendations

C h i & tifi d t t i t• Comprehensive & quantified strategic assessment merited

• Adverse issues are short term and detailed level• Adverse issues are short‐term and detailed level –look to overcome

• EW/ AT joint study with NZTA support• EW/ AT joint study with NZTA support• Look at corridor as a whole – urban rail, regional rail Expressway urban formrail, Expressway, urban form

• Papakura shuttle (preferable to Pukekohe, more trains) as short‐term onlytrains) as short term only

• Auckland/ Waikato allocation of costs 

Direct service NZTA ManualDirect service, NZTA Manual

Direct service KiwiRail HandbookDirect service, KiwiRail Handbook

Shuttle service EEMShuttle service, EEM

Shuttle service KiwiRail HandbookShuttle service, KiwiRail Handbook