The California High-Speed Rail Authority awarded DB Engineering & Consulting USA the contract for Early Train Operator service.
The Early Train Operator will assist the authority with planning, designing and implementing the country’s first high-speed rail programme.
The contract will be performance based, with a not-to-exceed amount of USD 30 million for the first phase of the contract.
DB Engineering & Consulting USA will act as lead operator, with its partner company, Deutsche Bahn AG, acting as a guarantor. DB Engineering & Consulting has engaged Alternate Concepts, Inc. and HDR, Inc. as sub-consultants.
“Bringing on an Early Train Operator during the current design and development phase of the program will allow us to infuse commercial thinking into the design of the system, including station layout, technical specifications, and strategies to improve asset performance and control costs. As far as we know, this approach of bringing a commercial operator into a design phase is unique for major infrastructure projects,” Board Chair Dan Richard said.
The 2016 Business Plan called for the engagement of an early train operator to ensure that its perspective is considered in the planning and design of track, systems, high-speed trains
(rolling stock), and stations. Engaging an operator in early decisions on safety, operations, equipment and systems, fare structures and schedules, as well as other commercial and operating elements will ensure that the system is designed to operate as a safe and successful enterprise.
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