Transport modelling of freight flows in accordance with investments: Case study of slovenian railways

Abstract

Using specific scientific methods and through a model, the paper determines how investments in the railway infrastructure influence the whole railway system. The research is based on experience and on the results that have been found out in Austria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela. Based on scientific studies about the conditions of the Slovenian railway system, on the Methodology for determination of the investment measures and definition of conditions for a justified realisation and on the Calculation of the expected number of freight trains, the results that confirm the hypothesis of mid and long-term positive effects of investments in the railway network are given