Developments and prospects of freight railway transport in Northern Germany: a Delphi survey

Developments and prospects of freight railway transport in Northern Germany: a Delphi survey

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Article ID: iaor201525499
Volume: 18
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 500
End Page Number: 516
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Journal: International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
Authors: ,
Keywords: supply & supply chains, networks: flow
Abstract:

Despite the fact that Germany has a well expanded traffic infrastructure, it confronts a strong growth in freight volumes and it is very likely that in the forthcoming years will not be able to reasonably cope with the increasing demand. The aim of this paper is to explore the developments of the transport sector, railways in particular, in North Germany. More specific, the paper explores whether the railway network could contribute to improved traffic development in North Germany and also whether or not the existing logistics practices are effective enough to cope with the traffic problems in the region. The research based on the Delphi technique, collected, analysed and summarised the opinions of a group of experts in the aforementioned issues. Results indicate that railways could represent the solution to the forecasted growing freight volumes in the next years. In spite of continuous efforts undertaken by the politics and the economy, the existing logistics and freight traffic concepts are not sufficient, financing is too scarce, while emerging issues like sustainability, environment protection and working conditions are taken into little consideration.

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