Suburban railways

James Reynolds

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 380-381 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Suburban railways are often focused on commuting, but may also fulfil a regional role by servicing off-peak travel and trips between more distant suburbs. Above-ground operation is common, as is diesel power. Electrification, in contrast, allows underground operation, which can improve access into dense built-up areas. However, many suburban railways service areas with low-density and car-centric land-use patterns, increasing the need for park-and-ride facilities. Coordination with local transit services, supporting more transit-oriented development patterns, improving personal safety and reducing the fear of crime, and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on ridership are amongst the many current challenges facing suburban railway operators.

Keywords: Public transport; Transit; Commuter railways; Regional railways; COVID-19 impacts; Park-and-ride; Integrated land-use and transport policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781035330522-00194 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 403 Forbidden

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23219_189

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.e-elgar.com

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Darrel McCalla ().