“Freight transport by rail should be doubled. And eventually tripled! “
It is not just the railways goals. That is what Norwegian governments over the past decade have worked to achieve.
Absolutely without success. For five consecutive years from 2008 Railway freight plunge. Millions of tons are moved to heavy transport on the way.
Therefore celebrated it as a small victory when NHO Logistics can document that the trend was reversed in 2014. As far.
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2014 was a small bright spot
After losing 90,000 containers, each of them 20 feet long and with the designation TEU, railways have approached the limit of shipping of 500,000 TEU a full year in 2014. A border railway has not been over since 2007.
– We eyes an improvement and it should government and parliament have praise, says Erling Sæther, director of nutrition policy NHO Logistics.
Yet danger of complete collapse
So why is it then that Else Marie Marskar, who leads the work of the Great Gods analysis in Norway, says the following in the last issue of Railway Magazine
“Without really focus on rail freight, there is a risk full collapse!”
This is point by point the situation of rail freight traffic which, according to the railway itself and the environmental movement can remove tens of thousands of heavy vehicles on Norwegian roads:
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1) So much freight transported by rail Today
On long stretches are railway equal with heavy transport by road, and then some:
- 92 percent of all goods between Narvik and Oslo yesterday by train (through Sweden !).
- 72 percent of all goods between Oslo and Bodo go by train (in Norway).
- Over 50 percent of all goods from Oslo to Bergen and Trondheim go by train.
Over Svinesund situation is completely different.
- Five times as much cargo goes on road compared with train from Gothenburg / Malmo to Oslo.
- 2500 heavy vehicles over Svinesund every day, almost two minutes around the clock.
2) Why is the railway on the defensive?
As Railway Magazine points out, the financial crisis a blow for all freight transport in Europe. Rail and sea transport takes longer to catch up lost ground than road. Otherwise boat lines works are goods to England sent by car!
The last two years have one or more of Norwegian railway lines have been closed a total of two months! Bergen Railway, Nordlandsbanen and Dovrebanen (Trondheim) are all old and vulnerable railways with frequent delays and cancellations.
Today the recipients must have item at a given time. If not, goods transportation almost dropped.
In the fight for space on the track is today abandoned freight compared to passenger. The slowing traffic. The new rail services in Norway is more about passenger than freight trains.
Of Norway’s four major freight terminals is Ganddal by Stavangers almost new, Alnabru in Oslo hopelessly outdistanced technologically, while Trondheim and Bergen desperately need new facilities, new places .
The terminals lacks offers for truck drivers, which døgnhvile seats and car wash.
A number of studies have been made to increase freight on rails. Proposals are systematically loaded.
Today’s 10,000 carriers by road, 1,000 at sea, eight railway. The last eight struggling to make money.
3) Therefore jerk trucks forward
shuttle runs faster way than court, although Oslo-Trondheim, where the train theoretically go much faster.
Trucks has proved to be a safer alternative, despite problems on Norwegian winter roads.
On ever new sections get extra large lorries green light 25 meters long and 60 tons heavy.
A growing number of foreign drivers and vehicles that operate in or to Norway pushing prices going down.
4) What is being done to improve conditions?
Jensen (FRP) chose to add the run for election in 2013 to Alnabru.
And, the Government has gear up plans for upgrade of Alnabru and speeded up efforts to placing new terminals in Bergen and Trondheim.
The Parliament has decided to increase appropriations for maintenance of the railway. Now decay taken again.
A large analysis work done now for a smarter coordination of transport by road, rail, sea and air, for the entire Oslo Fjord area. It is applicable with several terminals for transshipment, which in Vestby south of Oslo.
According railways to freight priority on Rørosbanen when Dovrebanen collapse.
There shall be established alternative transshipment points along the Bergen Railway, Dovrebanen and Nordlandsbanen.
It is necessary to establish common computer system for rail freight as all players to use.
Rail acquires freight terminals. Supporters hope that this will ensure equal competition between freight operators.
5) This suggests actors
There must be smarter solutions, not least for timber, metal, paper, chemical products, fish and other raw materials.
Today’s rail terminals are focused on containers and what is called cross docking seal goods. Something that makes goods on Norwegian railway today is dominated by 4-5 players, Schenker and Posten. They must become more attractive to other groups.
Bjørn Erik Kanstad, veteran of both Rail, Ofotbanen and private side, saying that electrification of Rørosbanen will provide environmental benefits, and cheaper rail transport.
Erling Sæther NHO says that it must be built crossing tracks for trains that are 600 meters long, to get more freight per train departure.
6) What is the potential for rail freight traffic?
Several studies have shown that freight rail can both doubles and triples in the coming years.
According to Else Marie Marskar traffic can be increased by 50 percent on Alnabru developed and there is a new terminal in Vestby.
According to the Research Council transport research over the last eight years could Norway have sent far more fish by train, if the railroad was more accessible, had more capacity and if Nordlandsbanen had automatically togstyring.
If all fresh farmed fish were sent by train for transshipment to car in Oslo, would the environmental impact of transport will be reduced by at least 40 percent.
7) Gods that thinks for itself – and tell
According to the Research Council transport research can five and ten billion saved annually with smarter logistics, by cutting down on delays, wastage and unnecessary transports.
Sensors attached to the goods makes it possible for the goods to even find the best transportation route and alert if the goods are. They also warn about something unfortunate happens, as the temperature rises or falls crates on the ground.
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