Almost gone unnoticed, a new era started in rail freight transport. Whereas the conventional “wagonload” rail freight transport stagnates, road-rail Combined Transport (CT) was able to register high growth rates. Direct trains link big cities at competitive costs and speeds compared to road. The share of CT in the performance of freight transport (t/km) of European railway undertakings represents 25-40%. More than 1200 freight trains per working day, each with an average transport capacity of 25 truck loads, travel 500 km on national and 950 km on cross-border relations, which in comparison with road freight transport results in a 75% reduction of CO2 emissions.


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    Title :

    INTERMODAL TRANSPORT AND STANDARDISATION


    Contributors:
    Marcel LITRA (author) / Stefan IOVAN (author)


    Publication date :

    2012



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown





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