Port Hinterland: the new role of railway transport. The betuwe line (Netherlands)

Hinterland portuaire: le nouveau rôle du fer. Une illustration avec la Betuwe line (Pays-Bas)

Laurent Guihéry () and Florent Laroche ()
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Laurent Guihéry: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Florent Laroche: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Sea gigantism calls for land massification. The Betuwe Line and competing projects reflect this logic which tends to reorganize the hinterlands. In this perspective, we have shown that rail freight transport has many advantages that meet the relevant requirements of hinterland ports: massification, regularity, frequency and competition. The competition is strengthened both between the ports (spatial competition), but also on the rail (European liberalization process) which ensures greater competitiveness of hinterlands.

Keywords: Hinterland; North Europe ports; Railway transport; freight transport; ports nords-européens; transport de marchandises; transport ferroviaire; Mots-clés -HINTERLAND; PORTS NORD-EUROPÉENS; TRANSPORT DE; MARCHANDISES; TRANSPORT FERROVIAIRE; Classification JEL -L92; O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in Région et Développement, 2015, Dynamique portuaire et développement régional, 41, pp.163-173

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