Assistance for Ro-Mo Transport in Hungary

This paper on intermodal transportation is part of the research carried out by the Institute for Transport Studies, Hungary, in 2007. The author first outlines the history of combined mode transportation in Hungary, notably transport that uses both trucks and forwarder trains (Ro-Mo); this intermodal transportation began in 1992 on the Budapest to Wels (Austria) route. The Ro-Mo traffic increased annually until 2001, in Hungary and other European Union (EU) countries, but has fallen off since then. The export-import Ro-Mo traffic (except the Szeged-Kiskundorozsma route) has been decreasing since 2002 and the use of Ro-Mo traffic in Hungary overall has been falling since 2004. The author attributes this decline to a decrease in the number of Hungarian trucks and also by some decrease in the number of Turkish, Bulgarian, and ex-Yugoslavian trucks using Ro-Mo services. This can all be attributed to the EU-accession of Hungary in 2004 and of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007; these accessions resulted in the abolishment of administrative restrictions. The author discusses anticipated increases in road traffic, the environmental impact of increased truck traffic (and concomitant decreased train use), economic aspects, toll roads, international transport, the Marco Polo program, and the need of a state-aid program for Ro-Mo transport.

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• Corporate Authors:

  KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Nonprofit Limited, Hungary

  Than Karoly u. 3-5
  Budapest,   Hungary  H-1119
• Authors:
  • Szilagyi, Miklosne
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 125-127
• Monograph Title: 2007 Annual Report. KTI Institute for Transport Sciences
• Serial:
  • 2007 Annual Report. KTI Institute for Transport Sciences
  • Publisher: KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Nonprofit Limited, Hungary
  • ISSN: 1789-4042

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Environmental impacts; Freight forwarders; Freight transportation; Government funding; Highway corridors; Intermodal transportation; International transportation; Railroad transportation; Regulations; Traffic loads; Trucks
• Identifier Terms: European Union
• Geographic Terms: Bulgaria; Hungary; Romania; Turkey
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01120471
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2009 7:39AM