An economic view on rerouting railway wagons in a single wagonload network to avoid congestion

[摘要] SummaryIt is expected that in the process of meeting the climate policy goals, more transport will take place by rail. Single wagonload transport plays a crucial role as a direct competitor to road-based transport. The aim of this contribution is an evaluation of capacity correlated effects in a railway wagon routing network.MethodsFor this purpose, we developed a mathematical optimisation model. In order to be able to identify the effects and impacts of congestion we created several scenarios and evaluated each of them individually.FindingsBy conducting computational experiments we were able to identify various effects and draw conclusions about the impact. This work contributes to the optimisation of the most costefficient short-term rerouting of railway wagons in single wagonload transport.

[发布日期] 2022-10-18

[关键词] Rail freight;Single wagonload transport;Routing model;Rerouting optimisation;Capacity constraints;Network congestion