The railway freight terminals play a key role within the multimodal logistic chain. Therefore, the transit time through these terminals represents one of the most relevant terminal performances and at the same time a key component of the freight transport generalised cost, so that its quantitative analysis is a strategic activity, both in the terminal planning and in the logistic chain organisation. The transit time is composed by deterministic and stochastic components, which increases significantly the problem complexity. In a general framework the freight terminals to be considered are: a) land freight interchanges: interchange between trains and trucks; b) marshalling yards: modification of trains composition within the railway system; c) railway maritime terminals: interchange between ships and trains. In order to investigate the sensitivity of the transit time for different terminal typology the model has been applied to some case studies
Performances of railway freight terminals: a generalised model / Malavasi, Gabriele; Ricci, Stefano. - ELETTRONICO. - (2003), pp. 1-14.
Performances of railway freight terminals: a generalised model.
MALAVASI, Gabriele;RICCI, Stefano
2003
Abstract
The railway freight terminals play a key role within the multimodal logistic chain. Therefore, the transit time through these terminals represents one of the most relevant terminal performances and at the same time a key component of the freight transport generalised cost, so that its quantitative analysis is a strategic activity, both in the terminal planning and in the logistic chain organisation. The transit time is composed by deterministic and stochastic components, which increases significantly the problem complexity. In a general framework the freight terminals to be considered are: a) land freight interchanges: interchange between trains and trucks; b) marshalling yards: modification of trains composition within the railway system; c) railway maritime terminals: interchange between ships and trains. In order to investigate the sensitivity of the transit time for different terminal typology the model has been applied to some case studiesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.