Evaluation of consolidation center cargo capacity and loctions for China railway express

•A two-phase method for CRexpress consolidation site selection under OBOR is proposed.•Complex network theory provides evaluation indexes for CRexpress consolidation.•City importance for CRexpress consolidation is evaluated by TOPSIS model.•Taiyuan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou are selected as th...

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Published in:Transportation research. Part E, Logistics and transportation review Logistics and transportation review, 2018-09, Vol.117, p.58-81
Main Authors: Zhao, Laijun, Zhao, Yue, Hu, Qingmi, Li, Huiyong, Stoeter, Johan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cargo consolidation capacity
China railway express
Consolidation center
Evaluation
Mixed integer programming
TOPSIS model
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Summary:•A two-phase method for CRexpress consolidation site selection under OBOR is proposed.•Complex network theory provides evaluation indexes for CRexpress consolidation.•City importance for CRexpress consolidation is evaluated by TOPSIS model.•Taiyuan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou are selected as the consolidation centers. To solve problems of China railway express such as low load factor and profit margin, high pressure upon the government to subsidize the trains, this paper selects 27 cities as pre-candidate consolidation centers considering government policy and CRexpress operation experience, then evaluates the significance each node in Chinese railway, highway and national road networks using complex network theory. With the TOPSIS model and cargo rates to comprehensively evaluate the networks, 10 cities are identified. Of them, Taiyuan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou are selected as the optimal consolidation centers by a mixed integer programming.
ISSN:1366-5545
1878-5794
DOI:10.1016/j.tre.2017.09.007