Barriers for the development of transport of trailers and trucks by rail in Poland

Abstract

The idea of developing sustainable transport in Europe promotes ecological forms of transport. One of such solutions is the transport of trailers and trucks in rail traffic. The development of this form of intermodal transport encounters many barriers of legal and organizational nature, cost and resulting from time of service provision. Increasing the competitiveness of intermodal transport, in particular the transport of trailers and trucks in Poland, may take place through a series of activities of an investment and administrative nature by the infrastructure manager of PKP PLK S.A. and of a legal nature by the authorities of the country.