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Title:

Railroad Lines and Cargo Transportation in Colombia

Accession Number:

01474966

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This article presents an overview of the evolution of the Colombian railroads system from a technical and operational point of view as well as the current potential which represents the use of trains to transport coal in the country. It also includes an administrative renovation that the Colombian government has undertaken to encourage the use of this mode, as well as projects the government wants to encourage with private sector support.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AR040 Freight Rail Transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-0301

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Mora Baron, Maria del Pilar

Pagination:

7p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Colombia

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; I70: Traffic and Transport

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-0301

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:12PM