KOTI - Korea Transport institute

Our purpose is deduction of medium and long-term strategy of 5-year and 10-year and organized promotion work considering change of policy environment which is related with rail transport operation. For this, we will deeply review the development plan for railway industry 2013 which is already decided and performed, in addition to the third national railway network construction plan and the third comprehensive plan for railway safety. Based on this plan, we will check whether introduce operating rolling stocks(trains) and new ones or not by line as well as operation plan of new line and cooperation plan with existing line. Also we will review the essential parts to operate railway such as level of service and way of administration, systems should be changed or newlyorganized according to change of policy. Individual transport strategy of rail transport service operator concentrates on the relation with users as a management strategy to maximize their profitability and asks government for support. Railway operation strategy, we reviewed on this study, induces efficient use of national railway network. Also it clarifies the right and duty of railway transport business to induce service improvement based on fair competition order and suggests autonomy and limitation. In addition, it would induce efficiency improvement steadily by demanding what it needs to develop administration efficiency among existing policies(new investment or system change). Railway was literally just ‘a way made with iron’ but it starts to be seen as ‘a (transport) service way’ after reform of railway structure in 2004 and introduction of high speed rail. It is considered that national plan for inducing improvement of service and operation efficiency. Thus, it is important to make a frame to establish medium and long term railway operation strategy with higher goal than past. A legal basis for government to lead 5-year and 10-year of medium and long term railway operation plan or strategy should be prepared on the ‘Railroad Enterprise Act’. Also orientation and manual of (mid and long term) rail transport operating plan should be suggested on the enforcement ordinance or regulation and maximize the efficacy when the plan will be established later. Rail transport operating plan is highly related with existing national railway network plan, railway industry development plan and railway comprehensive safety plan. Therefore mechanism, to adjust these plans together in the establishment of plan and deduction of action plan process, needs to be secured.