Identifying the causes of increasing duration of local cars processing at port stations

Abstract

The analysis of modern transportation processes of international cargoes through the territory of Ukraine by sea and railway transport modes has shown that the share of cargo export through port railway stations in the total volumes of international car traffic is growing every year. At the same time, the policy of attracting customers to the railways takes into account the quality and convenience of their service, but does not correspond to the convenience of port stations. Significant wear and tear of the station's technical facilities and their low capacity are the reasons for the stations' inability to process the volumes of cars coming from the railway to the address of ports and access railway tracks. As a result, there are situations of non-acceptance of trains at the stations, increasing unproductive downtime of cars waiting for technological operations, increasing the number of enemy routes on tracks and in station parks, which reduces efficiency, capacity and processing capacity of stations.