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<p>The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) is one of the main transport corridors between China and Europe. It passes through the territory of Kazakhstan, as well as the countries of the South Caucasus, Turkey, and Iran, and contributes to the full realisation of transit and export opportunities of these countries. Each country participating in the development of TITR is implementing projects to increase the capacity of its transit infrastructure, but the potential of this route has not yet been fully realised. The reason for this is both high tariffs for sea and rail transport and insufficiently short transport times, which are dependent on the parameters and methods of using the infrastructure. This paper is devoted to the study of the TITR railway infrastructure located in Kazakhstan. The developed simulation model allows estimating the impact of infrastructure parameters of the railway track on the movement time of a container train from the PRC border to the ports of Aktau and Kuryk on the Caspian Sea coast.</p>
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The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) is one of the main transport corridors between China and Europe. It passes through the territory of Kazakhstan, as well as the countries of the South Caucasus, Turkey, and Iran, and contributes to the full realisation of transit and export opportunities of these countries. Each country participating in the development of TITR is implementing projects to increase the capacity of its transit infrastructure, but the potential of this route has not yet been fully realised. The reason for this is both high tariffs for sea and rail transport and insufficiently short transport times, which are dependent on the parameters and methods of using the infrastructure. This paper is devoted to the study of the TITR railway infrastructure located in Kazakhstan. The developed simulation model allows estimating the impact of infrastructure parameters of the railway track on the movement time of a container train from the PRC border to the ports of Aktau and Kuryk on the Caspian Sea coast.

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Infrastructure Assessment Using Simulation Modelling

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) is one of the main transport corridors between China and Europe. It passes through the territory of...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Infrastructure Assessment Using Simulation Modelling

Published Online: Feb 16, 2024

Page range: 11 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2024-0002

Keywords
Trans-Caspian international transport route, rail transportation, agent-based simulation, AnyLogic

© 2024 Azat Zhumanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route Infrastructure Assessment Using Simulation Modelling

Published Online: Feb 16, 2024

Page range: 11 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2024-0002

KeywordsTrans-Caspian international transport route, rail transportation, agent-based simulation, AnyLogic

© 2024 Azat Zhumanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Trans-Caspian international transport route, rail transportation, agent-based simulation, AnyLogic