Comparison of the Economic Profitability of a Conventional Freight-Dedicated Railway Corridor and a Heavy Load Freight Corridor

By using mathematical models, this paper will compare the economic profitability of a heavy load freight corridor (30 t per axle) with a conventional freight-dedicated railway corridor (22.5 t per axle). This comparison concerns the construction and operation of a new, single-track of normal gauge,...

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Published in:	International Journal of Railway Research
Main Authors:	Christos Pyrgidis, Evangelos Christogiannis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Iran University of Science & Technology 2017-10-01
Subjects:	heavy haul freight corridor conventional freight corrido economic profitability of a railway corridor heavy load networks
Online Access:	http://ijrare.iust.ac.ir/article-1-169-en.pdf