Multimodal freight transport allows switching among different modes of to utilize facilities more efficiently. This paper proposes an approach on network modeling and robustness assessment for multimodal networks, where the nodes represent junctions, terminals crossings, links pathways. The model captures features interconnection interdependency. Freight can switch between modalities at interco...

One of the main tasks facing all European countries for the next few years is the creation of the most dynamically organized transport sector. The constant passenger and freight traffic lead to congestions and pollutions at the transport highways, having negative impact on a person. Thus, introduction of new technologies, addressing the interrelated problems of optimizing transport flows and im...

The locomotive assignment and the freight train scheduling are important problems in railway transportation. Freight cars are coupled to form a freight rake. The freight rake becomes a train when a locomotive is coupled to it. The locomotive assignment problem assigns locomotives to a set of freight rakes in a way that, with minimum locomotive deadheading time, rake coupling delay and locomotiv...

Despite its extensive coastline and network of ports the UK has ignored the potential of coastal RoRo ferries with rail freight seen as the only significant alternative to road freight. The ‘UK Marine Motorway Study’ is the first research study to provide a comprehensive review of the potential role of high-speed ferries in the long distance domestic freight market of the UK. From evidence gath...

A study of Pakistan’s private road freight Irenspofl industry was undertaken and data on freight tariffs, vehicle utilisation, revenues andoperating costs were analyzed, Over a period of four years it was found that average !afiff levels closely followed the rate of inflation with a small marked seasonal variation depending on trip direction. Using multiple regression analysis of crosssectional...

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As demand for passenger and freight transport on Britain’s railways increases, providing additional capacity and making the best use of the existing infrastructure are priorities for the industry. Since the stations and junctions forming the nodes of the railway network tend to form the constraints on route and network capacity, improved understanding of their operation and capacity characteris...

There is a relatively small amount of research covering urban freight movements. Most research dealing with the subject of urban mobility focuses on passenger vehicles, not commercial vehicles hauling freight. However, in many ways, urban freight transport contributes to congestion, air pollution, noise , accident and more fuel consumption which raises logistic costs, and hence the price of pro...