Zbornik radova Koridor 10 - Kirilo Savić

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CORRIDOR 10 - a sustainable way of integrations
In costs estimation the following assumptions were considered:
- To carry out such a transport one train (one set) with 19 wagons would be needed, namely 18
for the realization of transport and one for a reserve (due to maintenance);
- The number of trips in one year would be 250;
- It was considered that in one trip it would be transported 18 20' and 18 40', a total of 36
containers or 54 TEUs. On one car, it is possible to load different combinations of containers
(e.g. 3x 20 ', 1x 20' and 1x 40 '),
- 20' container is loaded on average with 16 tons and 40' with 26 tons of cargo, all together 756
tons of goods per train.
Transport costs can be divided into the following categories:
- Rental costs for freight wagons for the transport of containers (26 EUR /wagon / day);
- Current maintenance of wagons (639 EUR/wagon/month);
- Transport fare for Slovenian course (420 EUR/wagon/trip);
- Costs of handling (loading/unloading) on terminals (24 EUR/operation).
On the basis of above mentioned presumptions the following costs were calculated for Slovenian
course.
Table 0-2: Unaccompanied combined transport costs for destination Koper Luka – Ljubljana CT -
Jesenice state border.
Cost categories in EUR per year in EUR per trip
Rental costs of freight wagons (18+1) 48.511,98 194,05
Current maintenance of freight wagons 2.063,06 8,25
Handling on terminals 216.000,00 864,00
Transport fare 1.890.000,00 7.560,00
Total 2.156.575,03 8.626,30
Based on this calculation, and data on the costs of road transport, we calculated the cost per unit and
comparison between road and rail. In addition, we recalculated the rail equivalent transport by road,
namely, we considered that the trucks are loaded 26 tons (due to limitations on the total weight of 40
tons), the transport would take 36 trucks. The results are shown in the following table.
Table 0-3: Comparison of transport costs for the destination Koper Luka – Ljubljana CT -
Jesenice state border:
Average per TEU in
EUR
Average per ton of
goods in EUR
Rail transport 159,75 11,41 38,17
Road transport 297,64 11,91 1,317
Rail equivalent transport
by road
Average per km in
EUR
239,62 11,41 1,06
All costs of transport by road (36 trucks) for one run on this route amounted to 10.715,11 EUR, which
is 2.088,81 EUR more than by rail. Rail transport is cheaper, even if we look at the costs per TEU or
per tonne of goods it is significantly higher only if we look at the cost per kilometre.
In the case of unaccompanied intermodal transport on this route it can be concluded that the rail
transport is cheaper than transport by road and the operators can add their reasonable profit
(revenue).
Freight transportation by rail as an alternative to road transport also means lower external costs from
the social point of view. External costs include negative impacts of transport on the environment and
society that are not paid by user of transport services but by the society. The main categories of
external costs of transport in the Alps are noise, traffic accidents, air pollution as well as traffic
congestion. Cost comparison of unaccompanied intermodal transport and road transport, taking into
account the external costs is shown in section 3.4.
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