Topical Collection on The Future of rail freight transport and logistics
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Citation: European Transport Research Review 2017 9:11
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Swiss Split—a holistic approach to the distribution of containers to private sidings
Swiss Split is a rail service in Switzerland which distributes containers via conventional shunting yards directly from intermodal terminals to the final recipients’ sidings by rail. Today’s Swiss Split servic...
Citation: European Transport Research Review 2016 8:28 -
Organisation of railway freight transport: case study CIM/SMGS between Slovakia and Ukraine
This paper presents a method for optimising freight traffic procedures on the border between Slovakia (European Union) and Ukraine.
Citation: European Transport Research Review 2016 8:27 -
Adapted cost-benefit analysis methodology for innovative railway services
This paper reviews and adapts the methodology “Guide on the methodology for carrying out cost-benefit analysis” prepared by the European Commission (EC). It is specifically tailored to the assessment of an inn...
Citation: European Transport Research Review 2016 8:23 -
How to make modal shift from road to rail possible in the European transport market, as aspired to in the EU Transport White Paper 2011
The total demand for freight transport in Europe has increased significantly in recent decades, but most of it has been handled by road transport. To fulfil the modal shift targets set in the EU White Paper 20...
Citation: European Transport Research Review 2016 8:18