INTERMODAL: THE PROMISE AND THE PROBLEMS

Burgeoning traffic congestion is forcing transportation planners and providers to reassess intermodalism. Problems currently hampering wider usage of intermodal transport include door-to-door speed, terminal capacity, poor productivity of road transport, clearance compatibility, and management. Despite these shortcommings, intermodal transport shows the greater international advantage from a competitive viewpoint. Also discussed are the Swiss Gothard tunnel and locomotive acquisitions and the Euromodal '90 conference, as well as bimodals, low floors, and the SNCF's ambitious concept of auto-transhipment.

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• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 253-257
• Serial:
  • MODERN RAILWAYS
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 500
  • Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0026-8356

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Cooperation; Freight transportation; Intermodal transportation; International; International compacts; International transportation; Low floor vehicles; Transportation planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Bimodal
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495343
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM