Research Papers

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Cost–Benefit Analysis of Restoring Passenger Rail Service:

Wenatchee–Oroville Corridor, WA

Krish Rathod

October 2025

This report evaluates the feasibility of reinstating passenger rail service between Wenatchee and Oroville in central Washington through a comprehensive cost–benefit analysis

Rohitchandran Ravichandran, ASU

Station Placement for Sustainable Commuter Rail Development in Texas, May 2025

DART Silver Line

Property Value Research

ASU - Hai-Han Sun

Helena to Great Falls Railroad Reactivation Feasibility Study - May 2025

By: Sai Raj Peddi Texas Triangle Rail Group Data Research Date: April 07, 2025

Strategic Station Placement for Sustainable Commuter Rail Development in Texas

University Canada West Logistics and Transportation Management

Optimal Station Location Analysis for Belgrade-Bozeman-Yellowstone Airport - March 2025

ASU - Hai-Han Sun

Transportation Arrangement: Further efforts for Calgary- Edmonton Corridor - March 2025

All Aboard Erie - Edward D’Amato and William Hutchison

CREATING A ROBUST AMERICAN PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM - March 2025

University Canada West

Feasibility Study of Intermodal Semi-Truck Transport via Rail: Vancouver to Calgary Corridor - March 2025

University of East London

Transportation Equity - December 2024

RMIT University

Data Analysis for Transportation Equity in Australia -= November 2024

National University of San Diego

Rail-Based Automobile and Freight Transport Systems in North America - November 2024

ASU : Arpan Goyal

Building an Efficient Passenger Rail Network in Alberta - February 2025

Cambrian College

RIO GRANDE VALLEY RAIL FEASIBILITY REPORT - January 2025

University of Toronto

ENHANCING TRANSPORTATION EQUITY IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES - January 2025

ASU Epics Research Sanket Bhandari

Absence of Passenger Rail in Alberta January 2025

ECO CANADA - ECO PATHWAYS

FUNDED STUDIES - 2024

Connecting Communities by Mirabel Belay

Passenger Railway for Indigenous Rural Communities - March 2024

A Study of YYC, YEG, YQF, & YQL Airport Authorities

by Shukurah Alabi March 2024

Alberta - Montana Passenger Rail Feasibility Study

by Samantha Thyret and Tyler Macklem March 2024

H2 Fuel Cell Locomotive Retrofit Study

by Aliza Amir and Mahdin Ahmed March 2024

ITRD Transcad Research Report

By Ese Okereka March 2024

Connecting Communities Initiative

Karima Anwar Khan, Valeria Montes, Shatha Arslan March 2024

Alberta Shortline Report

by Julia Allan and Imandra Mudalige March 2024

AADT Report YYC to YEG

by Hanin Al Abedy, Vanessa Leibel, Ali Mubiru, Maryin Povhe March 2024

Alberta Reginal Rail Ridership Forecast

November 2022