MINIBRIDGE IN FOCUS

Minibridge refers to two or more modes working in tandem--fully coordinated and producing a planned through service usually on a through pricing basis. From the carrier point of view, it may expand the market of either, both, or all the carriers or other transport-oriented participants, which, of course, reflects the stimulus of carrier competition. From the aspect of the shipping public, the minibridge, like its kin, intermodalism, represents a new--and additional-transport option which, in the relatively few minibridge arrangements that exist to date, has proved, according to claims, a very effective technique in meeting some of the demands in transportation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Railway Systems and Management Association

  181 East Lake Shore Drive
  Chicago, IL  United States  60611
• Authors:
  • Norris Jr, J T
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: p. A39-A42
• Serial:
  • Railway Management Review
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Systems and Management Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intermodal transportation; Minibridge; Rates; Transportation modes
• Old TRIS Terms: Throughrates
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044256
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Management Review
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 1973 12:00AM