THE POSSIBILITIES OF RAILWAY LINE CONNECTION BETWEEN KAUNAS FEZ AND KAUNAS INTERMODAL TERMINAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17770/iss2017.3043Keywords:
FEZ (Free Economic Zone), intermodal terminal, cargo transportation,Abstract
Throughout the last decade, development in the logistics sphere is clearly visible. New logistics centers are being built. Trains, ships and road transport transfers cargos every day. Research shows that apparently in Lithuania most developed transportation method is car transport (Palšaitis, 2005). However, modernization of railway track and railway infrastructure, allows more and more companies to choose transportation by railways, which can help distribute cargos in bigger quantities and significantly reduced costs (Vilkevičius, 2012). Therefore this article tries to reveal the need for railway connection between Kaunas Free Economic Zone and the Intermodal Terminal of Kaunas and its future benefits.Downloads
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