Evaluation of efficience of inter-terminal goods transportation

Abstract

Transport terminals and Logistics Centres are perceived as an important objects of regional development and have direct impact on the perspectives of economical regional development and competitiveness. New European-standard railway link connecting Kaunas logistics centre with Polish railway system will create a multi-modal transport junction with the EU transport and logistics system and will attract additional transit cargo flows. It was identified that the main factors determining the multimodal transportation system efficiency are the distance and the costs of goods transportation by rail between the Lithuania and EU terminals.