The improvements on service quality of Turkish railway corporation (TCDD) in the process of reorganization

This study has been conducted to assess the perceived service quality of Turkish Railways Corporation (TCDD), which is in the process of reorganization. For achievement of the purpose of the study, the relationships between service quality and demographic characteristics of customers have been examined and the results have been compared to the service quality measurements done in 2004. Perceived service quality is measured using widely accepted SERVQUAL scale that is developed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry. Data has been collected from primary sources. Respondents have been given the statements in proportional way. Data analysis is performed by reliability checks, computation of means, t-test for independent samples and finally ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). Using the results, the most important dimension for respondents is selected among the five dimensions of service quality. It has been observed that there are meaningful improvements in the each of service quality dimensions from angel of the amount of investments. However, it is also seen that the improvements are not enough and customers expect more than current service quality in all the dimensions of service quality.