Problems of Access to Services at Railway Stations in Freight Transport in the Slovak Republic

Eva Brumercikova and Adrian Sperka
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Eva Brumercikova: Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
Adrian Sperka: Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 19, 1-13

Abstract: The article deals with the issue of access of freight carriers to services in railway stations. With the liberalization of the rail freight market, the number of carriers is gradually increasing. In this situation, infrastructure capacity is often insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to set the order of access to services in railway stations. The article will use the process of analytical hierarchy as one of many methods of multicriteria analysis. Four important indicators will be selected for carriers: railway stations where the service of stabling tracks can be used, railway stations where rail scales are located, railway stations where it is possible to use the services of a shunting movement from the infrastructure manager, railway stations where the carrier can be using the services of a mobile workshop. At the end of the article, the order of access to these services will be compiled according to the order of importance for railway undertakings. A significant factor will also be an approximate quantification of the performance of individual carriers passing through the selected station.

Keywords: multicriteria analysis; freight railway transport; infrastructure manager; railway stations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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