The functioning of the Railway Works Sidings with Regard to the Liberalization and Concurrency of the Freight Railway Transport on the Polish Market Cover Image

The functioning of the Railway Works Sidings with Regard to the Liberalization and Concurrency of the Freight Railway Transport on the Polish Market
The functioning of the Railway Works Sidings with Regard to the Liberalization and Concurrency of the Freight Railway Transport on the Polish Market

Author(s): Arkadiusz Drewnowski
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: railway transport; freight railway transport; railway sidings; company railway sidings

Summary/Abstract: The railway sidings located within the area of companies of freight railway transport are of great importance. Every active railway siding constitute a natural source of creation of flow of freight railroad cars. In consequence, the increased transport is observed on the company railway network. Recently, there has been a decrease of number of sidings. It is related also to the question of optimization of costs of functioning of the industrial companies in possession of railway sidings. The article presents different solutions to be applied in practice in matters of functioning of company railway siding tracks taking into account the current conditions of functioning of this branch of transport in Poland. It’s an approach from point of view of a railway transport client who is not a railway company.

  • Issue Year: 28/2018
  • Issue No: 4/2
  • Page Range: 127-132
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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