Management of Railway Container Transportation in Railway Terminals

The transit operation of containers in junction railway stations was analyzed.Three schemes for container transport within a railway terminal were proposed.In scheme I,containers are fed into a junction railway stations in ordinary container trains.In scheme II,container trains are remade-up after hauled into a junction station in pickup and drop trains,and the remade-up trains are delivered to a marshalling station in transfer trains.In scheme III,container trains are remade-up after hauled into a marshalling station in pickup and drop trains,and then the remade-up trains are delivered in transfer trains to a junction station.A model was proposed to compare the transportation costs of the three schemes.The result shows that scheme I costs the least,and is the most efficient.But it is difficult for it to be implemented practically in the near future in China.Alternatively,scheme II and III are suggested as transitional schemes at initial stages of development of container junction stations,and scheme I as a candidate for future application.