Economics and Costing

ZETA-TECH's costing and economics analysis services are divided into three major categories. They are:

Engineering analysis of equipment and track costs; Cost/benefits of alternative equipment types and car weights; Economics of heavy axle loads; Cost/benefits of alternative train sizes and/or operating practices.

Engineering-based assignment of track maintenance costs; Allocation of costs by traffic type: Freight vs. passenger costs; Heavy axle load costs; Allocation of incremental costs associated with changes in traffic volume.

Modeling of trade-offs between maintenance and replacement and the identification of economically optimal maintenance policies.

Percentage Cost Share per Traffic Type