A Study on Management Structure of Urban Railways by means of AHP

【Abstract】 The third sector railway system is the intermediate organization composed of public and private sectors. Especially new line servieces of the urban railways are increasing recently. However, the management situation of the third sector urban railways is worsening and is a one of major social problems. In this paper, we concider this problem as raised by the management structure of the urban railways. Incorporating OR methods such as A H P , we formulated this problem as a management structure selection problem. The influence that the selection process of the management structure exerts on the construction and operation of the urban railways was analyzed. As a result, it became apparent that the third sector system was applied to the urban railways when the construction itself was considered as the most important matter. As a conclusion, We suggest that construction should be separated from operation. Furthermore, an effective utilization of the public sector should replace the third sector. This will result in finer operation and more appropriate risk burden of the urban railways.