RAIL TRANSPORT AND THE ROAD

EL TRANSPORTE FERROVIARIO Y LA CARRETERA

This author establishes a relation between rail and road transport from an economic and technical point of view. The following topics are discussed: evolution in and present conditions of rail and road transport in Spain; existing problems of costs and economic rentability; possibilities offered by the railways; amortization and coordination between the two transport modes. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Asociacion Espanda de la Carretera

  Serrana 57-3A Planta, Apartado 1052
  Madrid,   Spain 
• Authors:
  • Izquierdo, R
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Language

• Spanish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 15-20
• Serial:
  • Carreteras
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 201
  • Publisher: Asociacion Espanda de la Carretera

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Highway transportation; Highways; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 255: Economics; 2755: Highway; 1054: Network (traffic); 8105: Spain
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137614
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM