The interaction, (in a combined road and rail transport system) between the main system and a feeder system which cope with transport between the main terminals, is analysed. A new ''feeder model'' has been developed and a model analysis of feeder/combi-transporters to the continent and within Scandinavia has been carried out. The feeder model takes into account the uneven flow of goods between Scandinavia and the continent. The flow of freight is determined on the basis of the Scandinavian Link project which focusses on the transport of goods between the northern countries and the continent. The feeder model is an extension of the combi-model. It incorporates the major roads and rail lines, and the ferry routes, between 22 terminals in Europe. The model illustrates only the interchange system between road vehicle and rail transport. The project illustrates how utilization of the combined transport system can be increased to maximum capacity, resulting in a reduction of resource consumption, by taking into account the irregularity in the flow of goods between the individual terminals. By also taking into account the positioning costs in connection with having to transport empty goods wagons, (rail), maximum utilization of goods trains in the combined transport system can be achieved. In addition to this, it is concluded that total transportation costs, and energy consumption can be reduced very significantly, and this can be seen especially in comparison with the costs of utilizing road transport alone. (AB). (ERA citation 15:000000)
Feedersystemer i kombineret transport. (Feeder systems in combined transport)
1988
103 pages
Report
No indication
English
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