Double-track railway between Oslo and Gothenburg: An analysis using the Norwegian Freight Transport model

In this report the authors model the effects in the freight sector of implementing double-track railway for the entire distance between Gothenburg and Oslo, reducing transport times from 7.5 hours to 4 hours. The time savings lead to cost savings, benefitting transport chains that are already using rail on this freight relation. The possibility of improved rail freight will also attract freight volumes from some other transport chains using competing routes and modes, i.e. sea and road transport, as it opens up for reducing costs. “Pulling” freight volumes away from road transport will lead to lower CO₂-emissions and external costs. The authors also model scenarios with higher fuel taxation for road transport. Here, some transport chains will shift to competing modes such as rail, i.e. “pushing” away volumes from road transport in order to reduce cost. These scenarios also result in lower CO₂ emissions and external costs.

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  https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/1371244-1633419553/Publikasjoner/T%C3%98I%20rapporter/2021/1850-2021/1850-2021-summary.pdf
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  • © 2021 Institute of Transport Economics/Transportøkonomisk Institutt.
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• Authors:
  • Wangsness, Paal Brevik
  • Madslien, Anne
  • Hovi, Inger Beate
  • Hulleberg, Nina
• Publication Date: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 56p
• Serial:
  • TØI Report
  • Issue Number: 1850/2021
  • Publisher: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  • ISSN: 0808-1190
  • EISSN: 2535-5104
  • Serial URL: https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Double track; Freight trains; Fuel taxes; Logistics; Railroad construction; Travel time
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01788112
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248023890
• Report/Paper Numbers: 5030 – NGM-Oslo-Gøteborg
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 2021 3:18PM