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The purpose of this paper is to determine the possible advantages for rail and road intermodal freight terminals of eight different handling techniques by comparing them with transfer by gantry crane. Design concepts were drawn up for each technique for three typical terminal sizes that were designed for the forecast volume of intermodal freight in West Germany in 1990. Functional capability and cost were the bases for comparison. The terminals were also viewed within the context of the West German transport system as a whole. Although all of the techniques studied were found to cope with the peak-hour work load, there are major differences in terms of capital outlay and functional properties. The costs of terminals with handling techniques that involve little or no vertical movement are significantly higher than the others. None of the new techniques offers any advantages over the gantry crane. The unit handling costs of large terminals are not lower than those of medium-sized terminals. The handling costs in terminals are inferior to the total cost of inland intermodal freight transport. Based on capacity assumptions made for the typical terminals considered in this study, the optimum number of terminals for West Germany is 50 in terms of the total cost of the intermodal freight transport system.

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Transportation Research Record

Intermodal Freight Terminal Design Conference, 1983, USA

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Alternatives analysis; Costs; Freight handling; Freight terminals; Gantry cranes; Highway transportation; Intermodal transfer; Railroad transportation

Comparative analysis

Design; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Oct 30 1983 12:00AM

• APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER MODEL TECHNIQUES FOR RAILROAD INTERMODAL TERMINAL CONFIGURATION, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING
• GATE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMODAL FACILITIES
• HANDLING AND STORAGE OF EMPTY CHASSIS
• INCORPORATION OF OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING IN INTERMODAL TERMINAL SIMULATION MODELS
• INTERMODAL FREIGHT TERMINAL--AN OPEN SYSTEM: THE INFRASTRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE
• LAND USE CONSTRAINTS IN LOCATING INTERMODAL TERMINALS
• LARGE OR SMALL TERMINALS IN INTERMODAL TRANSPORT: WHAT IS THE OPTIMUM SIZE?
• PRODUCTIVITY AT MARINE-LAND CONTAINER TERMINALS
• RAIL AND WATER TERMINAL INTERFACE
• SIMULATION OF RAILWAY PIGGYBACK TERMINALS
• TANDEM: MARINE AND RAIL CONTAINER TERMINAL SIMULATION MODEL
• TOFC TERMINAL SIMULATION MODEL