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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2015.18.5.502

Customer Satisfaction Analysis for Urban Railway Service Quality by IPA Analysis  

Kim, Heung-Chul (Director of Daejeon Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.18, no.5, 2015 , pp. 502-511 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to prioritize the importance of urban railway service quality through statistical analysis. This was done to maximize customer satisfaction by providing customers of urban railway services (including LRT), operated by the local government, with a better customized service quality. It was hoped that this project would boost the need for public transportation by increasing customer satisfaction, which would eventually lead to more profitable revenue. The results of validity certification of expectations and perceptions before and after the use of government funded urban railway and private sector invested urban railways show that there are gaps for 18 items for the government funded urban rail projects (p<.01), while there is no significant difference for 2 items between expectation and perception (p>.05); private sector invested urban railway projects show differences for all 20 items (p<.001). Therefore, IPA analysis is conducted to improve the service quality; this should lead to a remedy that focuses on service quality. The findings of this study will contribute to providing management strategies for boosting customer satisfaction and creating revenue through customized service quality in the urban railway operating industry (including LRT), which is currently suffering from chronic deficits.
Keywords
Urban Railway Service(including LRT); Customer Satisfaction; Service Quality; Expectation and Perception; IPA;
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