This research is motivated by the extraordinary increase in the use of intermodal shipments in recent years for both domestic and global movement of freight. Three mathematical models, which explore the dynamics of intermodal hub-and-spoke networks, are presented. These models use transportation costs, fixed location costs, modal connectivity costs, modal transit times and service time requirem...

In the article “Comprehensive Forecast of Demand for Inter-regional Rail Freight Transport” by Alexander A. Shirov, Natalia N. Sapova, Elena S. Uzyakova, and Rafael M. Uzyakov, which appeared on pages 1–15 1, 2021 issue, Vol. 17, Acknowledgments section was omitted. online version paper following text added: The has been prepared with support a grant in form subsidy large scientific projects pr...

This paper introduces the concept of R4 (road-rail-ro-ro), a increasingly used in transport and logistics research circles that defines modern chain as it passes through intermodal use rail, road, ship via ro-ro. The integration new rail-road freight services into reference supply model allows us to define for design scenario on which evaluation is now focused terms service-mode demand shares n...

During the last decades, the railway traffic in densely populated areas has increased. At the same time, passenger trains have become faster and freight trains have become heavier. Consequently, trains are an increasing source of ground vibration, which may be a nuisance to people, buildings and sensitive equipment. In this research, a two-dimensional dynamic system, including underground train...

Crew scheduling can be defined as the problem of assigning a group of workers (a crew) to a set of tasks. The crews are typically interchangeable , although in some cases different crews possess different characteristics that affect which subsets of tasks they can complete. Crew scheduling problems appear in a number of transportation contexts. Examples include bus and rail transit, truck and r...

Transport is as important to the consumer of products production process, so building cost-effective options for freight delivery a pressing economic challenge. Rail transport occupies significant share market, importance and efficiency which increase when transporting large flow goods over long distances. Solving an task railway - full timely satisfaction country