Sounder Commuter Rail Program Overview
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Sounder Commuter Rail Program Overview
Martin Young Sound Transit
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Sound Transit Modes
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Sounder
Commuter
Rail
Corridor
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Corridor Characteristics
South-line
•Tacoma-Seattle
•39 miles (BNSF)
•1.2 mi. (Tac. Rail)
•7 Stations
•13 round trips daily
•7 car train sets
•Opened 2000
North-line
•Everett-Seattle
•35 miles (BNSF)
•3 Stations
•4 round trips daily
•Peak direction
only
•Fully built out
•3 car train sets
•Opened 2003
South-line Extens.
• Lakewood-Tac
•8 miles (ST)
•2 Stations
•9-13 round trips daily
•New layover facility
•1 mi. 2.85% grade
•Opens late 2012 on
property purchased
by BNSF
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Sounder North-line
Kent Station
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Tacoma Dome Station
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Event Service
• Mariners Baseball – 20 Week-end games / year
• Seahawks Football – 8 Week-end games / year
• Sounder FC Soccer – 4 Week-end games/ year
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Capital vs. Operating Forecast (Budget 1997-2012)
• TOTAL = CAPITAL + OPERATING
($1.4 b = $1.2 b + $0.2 b)
• Overall Budget is 85% Capital
• Most original capital will be expended by end of 2012
• ST2 (Nov. ’08 vote) adds $250m
Railroad Access Costs
North-line South-line South-ST2
Track mi. 35 39 39
Trips 4 (r.t.) 9 (r.t.) 4 (r.t.)
Term Permanent 40 Yrs Permanent
Cost* $258 m $300 m $180 m
Year 2003 2000-08 2008
*Capital paid to BNSF Railway
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Track Improvements: Turnouts/Sidings
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ST coordinates:
• Train Schedules and special
services (Seahawks, Mariners)
• Customer notification
• Fare collection
• Stations, P&R’s, Transit Centers
• Security
BNSF provides:
• Security
• Train Crews – Locomotive
Engineer, Conductors
• Centralize Dispatch from
Ft Worth, TX
BNSF Agreements - Operations
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Transit Operations Detail
Rail Admin.17% Maint. of
Stations3%
Maint. Of Equip./Fuel
35%
RR MOW/Crew/Fees
31%
G&A9%
Contingency5%
Sounder Commuter Rail Passengers
•Ave Daily Ridership – 10k+, 5k per peak period
•5 am to 8 am departure = 3 hours
•5,000 / 3 (peak hours) = 1,650 passengers/hr.
Interstate Freeway Lane
• Ideal peak traffic flow – 45 mph = 1,800 vph
•Equivalent to 2 sec. rule and 3600 seconds (60x60)
•With congestion, closer to 35 mph and 1,500 vph
•Ave occupancy of 1.1 = 1,650 passengers/hr.
CRT Capacity Equivalency
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Benefits
• 2011 – 2.5+ million Annual Boardings
• 2009 - Cumulative On-time Performance – 97+%
• Special Event Service
– Mariners, Seahawks, Other (Concerts, etc.)
• More reliable service in inclement weather
• Optimizes capacity and demand through train length
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Challenges
• Capital Tacoma D-M Grade
Funding Partnerships
Station Construction
• O & M Freight Volumes
Mudslides
Changing Federal Regulations
South-line Renegotiation after 30 yrs.
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Rail Track & Signal Improvements
5.39 miles of third main track
7.31 miles of existing track
converted to third main track
19.94 miles of main track
relocated and reconstructed
47.44 route miles of
Centralized Traffic Control
signals
38 high-speed crossovers
171 additional turnouts
65 crossings reconstructed
4 crossings closed
164 power switch machines
installed
27 signal bridges
166 ground signals
300 miles of signal cable
18.1 miles of increased train
speeds
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On-Time Performance
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Average Daily Ridership
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Sep 0
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Sep 0
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Sounder Ridership, 2000-present
South Line North Line Sounder Total
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