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PROMISING PROSPECTS FOR < COMBINED > TRANSPORT.

TRANSPORT COMBINE SUR LA BONNE VOIE.

Author(s) : SICOT D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

COMMENTS ON THE CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT OF < COMBINED > RAIL-ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS UNDER CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE. THE TOPICS MENTIONED ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE GROWING AMOUNT OF THIS TRAFFIC (12 MILLION TONNES PER YEAR IN FRANCE, IE, 7.4 BILLION KILOMETRIC TONNES) ; THE ADVANTAGES OF THE MULTIMODAL PRINCIPLE (PUNCTUALITY, RAPIDITY, RELIABILITY AND ECOLOGY) ; ITS ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY (DISTANCE, STABLE AND REGULAR JOURNEYS) ; FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES (MINIMAL STORAGE TIMES, FULL TRAINS, EASY JOURNEYS) AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MATERIALS (SEMI-RAIL, COMBITRANS, MOBILE CRATES, EQUIPMENT WITH REMOVABLE PANELS MADE FROM POLY-INSULANTS). J.R.

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  • Original title: TRANSPORT COMBINE SUR LA BONNE VOIE.
  • Record ID : 1991-2296
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Grand Froid - vol. 7 - n. 64
  • Publication date: 1991/03
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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