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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2014.32.3.227

A Study on Railroad Yard Reform for Vitalizing Freight Movement by Railroad: Focused on the Introduction of Piggy Back System  

Park, Il Ha (The Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Park, Yong Gul (The Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Sigon (The Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Yeon Kyu (The Korea Transport Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.32, no.3, 2014 , pp. 227-238 More about this Journal
Abstract
There is no question that railroad investment is crucial for better transport systems and the Korean government has continued to invest in railroad facilities. Nevertheless, the modal share of railroad, in particular, for freight has decreased. This is because rail freight transport can hardly meet customer needs such as just-in-time(JIT), a door-to-door service, compared to road transport, to be specific, trucking which can directly carry the freights to the final destinations. This has made the value of the railroad infrastructure less, which has been operated for the past 114 years. This study proposes a new freight movement concept called Piggy Back System. This system can carry freight trucks on the trains and deliver the freights to the final destinations. It can make a door-to-door deliver system possible for railroad transportation, which is the key factor for modal shift from road to railroad. For implementing this, this study proposes three important things: the cost-efficient reforming way of railroad yard that has been used for the past 114 years, the diagram plan of train services, and some technical reviews like clearance limits. This is the first study with practical proposals and solutions on this topic in Korea. The suggestions of this study cut down distribution costs by more than seven trillion won.
Keywords
modal shares; Piggy Back System; railroad freight; railroad investment; railroad yard reform;
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