Author(s)

Yiyou Hu, Xiaodong Zhang

Corresponding Author

Yiyou Hu

ABSTRACT

Intermodal transportation integrates the advantages of various modes of transportation. Railway transportation has the characteristics of low cost and environmental protection in medium and long distance transportation. Under the background of intermodal transportation, this paper focuses on the difference of generalized cost between truck-only door-to-door transportation and railway door-to-door transportation under the same OD, and analyzes the dominant transportation distance of truck-only transportation and railway transportation in intermodal transportation. We found that when the truck-only transportation distance is more than 400-700 km, it is more economical to convert it to railway transportation.

KEYWORDS

Railway advantageous distance, Intermodal, Generalized cost