The role of the railway infrastructure in ports of Hungary

Gábor Horváth, Lajos Szabó

Last modified: 2019-03-04

Abstract


Hungary situated in the center of the continent is one of the most loaded transit country in Europe. There are six TEN-T corridors crossing the country. The ports are the most important turning points of transportation of goods. It is very important the coordination and the high utilization of the environment-friendly and economical transport modes like railway and inland navigation. Although Hungary had more seaports in the history, at present there are only few river ports on the Danube. The paper shows the development of some logistics centers on the Danube and deals with the pivotal role of the railway infrastructure in these ports.

Keywords


sustainability, transport networks, intermodal center, railway infrastructure, port service calculation

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