Metodología para determinar las tarifas del Sistema de Transporte Ferroviario de la Filial Sur Ferrocarriles del Ecuador

Abstract

The present titling work called "Methodology to determine the fares price of the railroad transit system of the southern railroad branch of Ecuador" had as an objective to establish the fares price on the two routes managed by the southern branch. The research was started from the current situation of the company, following the operating expenses that are composed of variable spending’s were analyzed, for which the records of corrective and preventive maintenance of the locomotives were used, as well as fuel consumption, fixed expenses were taken from the payroll of the human resources that works in the entity and administrative expenses, the expending capital was made through a formula that allowed to have the annual amount, it was taken into account inflation and the actual interest, it was established a methodology based on a Spanish model to perform a fare method in the southern branch considering the demand and the operating expenses. Once the information is analyzed, as a result an operating expending cost was obtained in the Devil's Nose of $ 1,230,637.56 and The Ice Train I of $ 486,930.87, these values are of vital importance for the determination of the fare, which The current fare and demand is relatively low for the expenses generated by the service. This concluded with the following fares: Devil's Nose $ 26.45 dollars with a decrease of -19.85% and Ice Train I $ 106.30 dollars with an increase of 324%, in addition, these prices are subject to discounts for senior citizens, people with disabilities and children according to internal resolutions of Ferrocarriles del Ecuador Public Company and executed by the Southern Branch. It is recommended that the southern branch FEEP take into consideration the methodology proposed in this present titling work to maintain an economic balance.