Measures for Increasing Performance of the Rail Freight Transport in the North-South Direction

Eva Brumercikova; Bibiana Bukova; Iwona Rybicka; Pawel Drozdziel

doi:10.26552/com.C.2019.3.13-20

Communications (Aug 2019)

Measures for Increasing Performance of the Rail Freight Transport in the North-South Direction

Eva Brumercikova,
Bibiana Bukova,
Iwona Rybicka,
Pawel Drozdziel

Affiliations

Eva Brumercikova: Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Bibiana Bukova: Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia
Iwona Rybicka: Politechnika Lubelska, Lublin, Poland
Pawel Drozdziel: Politechnika Lubelska, Lublin, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2019.3.13-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 3
pp. 13 – 20

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The article elaborates on measures aimed at increasing the performance of the rail freight transport carried out in the north-south direction. The measures are designed based on the implemented analyses focused on the analysis of the current situation of international trade and development of international transport as well as the analysis of the current situation of the European transport infrastructure. The north-south direction was selected due to the enormous increase of the transit road transportation.

Published in Communications

ISSN: 1335-4205 (Print); 2585-7878 (Online)
Publisher: University of Žilina
Country of publisher: Slovakia
LCC subjects: Social Sciences: Transportation and communications; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Transportation engineering
Website: https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/

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