An Optimization Model for operating railroad Inland Container Terminal

초록

In these days, railway freight transport is being more important as an environment-friendly mode of transport. Efficient container handling at terminals is important in reducing transportation costs and load/unload time in order to keeping freight train schedules. This paper describes the load/Unload planning problems in the railway freight terminal. These problems are related to all the resources in terminal operations, including tracks, cranes, storage space, and internal trucks. This paper provides an overview of planning decisions according to comparision with port container terminal and suggest the several problems of optimizing terminal operations.