Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Book Synopsis Development of Asia-Europe Rail Container Transport Through Block-trains by : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Download or read book Development of Asia-Europe Rail Container Transport Through Block-trains written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The globalisation of markets has increased the need to develop and improve existing transport systems. The Trans-Asian Railway represents just such a project, and this study looks at the "Northern Corridor" of countries which includes and involves Belarus, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Russia and Korea. ESCAP, through the Asian Land Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project has sought to establish a rail network capable of competing with shipping lines. A Policy-level Expert Group has agreed to setting up demonstration runs along the proposed rail network routes.