Zbornik radova Koridor 10 - Kirilo Savić

3rd International Scientific and Professional Conference
CORRIDOR 10 - a sustainable way of integrations
Table 3-8:
Costs comparison of road and intermodal freight transport including external costs
Cost category
Road
transport
Intermodal transport
Accompanied
rail transport
(RoLa)
Unaccompanied
rail transport
Costs per 1000 tonne km (EUR) 56,0 87,3 50,5
External costs per 1000 tonne km
(EUR) (CE Delft, Infras, Fraunhofer ISI) 21 52,0 6,6 6,6
Total per 1000 tonne km (EUR) 108,0 93,9 57,1
In the case of adding external costs of transport to rail piggyback transport and to road transport costs
(52 EUR/1000 tkm for heavy-duty road vehicles and 6,6 EUR/1000 tkm for rail freight), the price of
piggy-back transport including external costs would be cheaper than the alternative road transport, the
total cost on the studied route would amounted to about 94 EUR/1000 tkm and 108 EUR/1000 tkm for
road.
Unaccompanied intermodal transport (rail part) compared to the road is in already cheaper, but if
adding external costs to both the unaccompanied (container) transport would be almost half cheaper
and would amount to around 57 EUR/1000 tkm on studied course.
4 CONCLUSION
Efficient and environmentally friendly transport system is one of the most important elements and
factors for the successful operation and development of the economy. This is especially important in
space and environmentally sensitive areas, which include the Alpine area. Alps occupy a significant
proportion of our country, so we have much greater obligation to promote transport systems and
technologies that follow the precepts of sustainable development.
Intermodal transportation modes certainly are among the transport systems and technologies that
follow the guidelines of sustainable development. The world and especially Europe have seen a large
increase in the use of these modes, which are also found in this study. We have also found that there
is the potential for even greater volume of these modes of transport
Slovenian public railway infrastructure is currently at least on major routes suitable for intermodal
transport of all three techniques, problems or restrictions for such modes represent the maximum
permissible length and weight of trains. Bottleneck on the public rail network represents a single-track
railway line Divača - Koper, which currently reduces the potential for the greatest Slovenian generator
of intermodal transport (Luka Koper) for greater throughput of cargo to rail transport system. As we
have seen in other studies it is necessary to pay attention to the dual-track single-tube tunnel
Karavanke to improve direct links over Alps. The tunnel present specified technical barrier to the
transport of intermodal transport units, as in the tunnel at the same time cannot meet certain type of
passenger and freight trains. In addition to these measures, it is necessary for the development of rail
transport in general, as well as the further development of intermodal transport, the double-track lines
to ensure mutual trains, tracks equipped with signalling devices, which will allow train running in
harness, electrification of non-electrified lines, increasing line speed of existing lines , upgrade traffic
and provide remote control of train traffic.
In the cost analysis, we found that the accompanied combined transportation is significantly more
expensive than road transport and therefore little used. It is spread primarily in connection with the
Republic of Austria due to the limitations of transport by road and because of the large financial
incentives from the state. As market category of interest is only product of short-rail trains in the
21 European average, CE Delft, Infras, Fraunhofer ISI, 2011. Congestion costs included, in rail transport electric
traction was taken into consideration.
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