| Article ID: | iaor2001302 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 5D |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 197 |
| End Page Number: | 209 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Journal: | Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment |
| Authors: | Ierland Ekko van, Graveland Cor, Huiberts Robert |
| Keywords: | transportation: rail |
After a long policy debate it has been decided to built in the near future a new rail link (Betuwe line) in the Netherlands to handle the rapidly increasing volume of goods to be transported from Rotterdam harbour to the centre of Europe. This study analyses its economic and environmental aspects and compares rail transport with road transport and transport on inland waterways. It is shown that transport by water will compete strongly with transport on the new railway and that water transport is attractive economically and environmentally.