SIMULATION STUDY FOR NEW CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

The applicability of a new yard-less, total-container freight transportation system to Tokaido-Sanyo Area was evaluated by computer simulation. Other characteristics of the system are high-efficiency container handling depot stations, large size train composed of 6 small units, which serve for the transfer of containers to and from branch lines.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Nakajima, I
  • Maeda, K
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 106-107
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container cars; Train track dynamics; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Container trains
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046946
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: 132, 1972 Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM