Rail

Transport & Mobility Leuven conducts several studies on rail transport. This includes various strategies of increasing the efficiency of freight and commercial transport, taking into account environmental and safety constraints.

Recente projecten

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CEF SCBA Balen

TML compared the pros and cons of a second electrified train track between Neerpelt and Balen.

Container Terminal Athus

Container Terminal Athus

TML prepared a European subsidy file with a social cost-benefit analysis of the expansion of Container Terminal Athus.

SCBA train stations in Ottignies and Mechelen

SCBA train stations in Ottignies and Mechelen

We conducted a social cost-benefit analysis of the renewal and capacity expansion of these train stations.

Railway Vision 2040

Environmental and climate impact Railway Vision 2040

What impact will the implementation of Railway Vision 2040 have on energy consumption and emissions from transport in Belgium?

Update SCBA Rail Gent-Terneuzen: methodology

Update SCBA Rail Gent-Terneuzen: methodology

TML cast a methodological preview on the update of the SCBA for the rail upgrade in the Ghent-Terneuzen port area.

combined transport

The European market for combined transport

TML presents an overview of the European market for combined freight transport (road-rail and road-inland waterway).

locomotief

Social cost-benefit analysis of various railway projects

For TUC RAIL, we made social cost-benefit analyses (SCBA) for three railway projects.

Complex Project Eastern Connection

Complex project eastern connection

How can the eastern part of the Harbour route be organised in an alternative way?

SCBA 3RX

SCBA 3RX

This report is an update of the SCBA for the 3RX project. The new calculations lead to an improvement in the general benefit-...

Airplane short distance flights

Comparison of the CO2 emissions of short distance flights and alternative modes

We compared the climate impact of travelling by plane, train, and coach for 25 popular flight destinations from Belgium.

Term2022-2025

TERM reports 2022 - 2026

Digitalisation in the mobility system: what are the challenges and opportunities?

finexpo

Calculator for external costs Finexpo

TML developed a tool to calculate the environmental costs of international goods transport.

Quick scan SCBA track doubling line 124

Quick scan SCBA track doubling line 124

The planned track doubling of line 124 is an opportunity to eliminate current ecological barriers as much as possible.

railtracks

SCBA sustainability rail traffic

What are the social costs and benefits of making rail transport more sustainable, through further electrification of the Belg...

Port of Antwerp containers - Image of HesselVisser, Pixabay

Monitoring instrument of Flemish transport nodes

Can we develop a tool for quantitative analysis of mobility in Flemish transport hubs?

freight train

Elimination of boundaries for the clustering of cargo flows by rail

TML mapped the physical and organisational barriers to rail freight pooling in Flanders and studied the feasibility of a poss...

rail traffic Gent-Terneuzen

Optimisation and SCBA rail link Gent-Terneuzen

TML collaborated on a forecast to 2030 of rail transport volumes at ports of Terneuzen and Ghent, in preparation for an analy...

train

Rhine-Alpine Transport Study

We calculated the potential for modal shifts on the Rhine-Alpine corridor for freight.

freight transport

Burden of taxation on transport

TML researched and provided information on the burden of taxes and charges on transport.

freighttrain

Level playing field for freight transport in Belgium

What is the impact of a continuation of the rail transport subsidy on the relevant markets and on the level playing field for...

rear view mirror car

Internalisation of External Costs of Transport in Flanders

Update 2016: To what extent do transport users internalise their external costs?

railwaytracks

3RX Corridor

TML conducted a feasibility study and SCBA for the rail corridor 3RX (Rhein-Ruhr-Rail Connection) between Belgium and Germany.

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Strategic Freight Model Flanders

We provided policy support for calculations with the strategic freight model for Flanders.

port

Development of a New Logistics Funding Scheme

TML conducted an ex-ante analysis for the successor to the EC's Marco Polo programme in freight logistics.

simulation train scheduling tool

Train Scheduling: The Game

Can a PC simulation game environment create solutions for train schedules?

freight

Rail Freight Market Study Corridor C (Future Corridor 2)

TML collaborated on the transport market study for Corridor C.

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Cost Benefit Analysis Corridor PP22

How can the European rail corridor between Germany and Greece be finished and what are the consequences?

MITRANS

Rail Corridor F

Is it possible to create a rail corridor for freight transport between Belgium and Poland?

10_63

Evaluation of the trans-Siberian railway

TML collaborated on a business case for new trans-Siberian railway corridor services.

money

MIRA external costs

Who pays for the negative aspects of transport?

Railsandpoints

TEN-T planning methodology

TML reviewed the trans-European transport network planning methodology.

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COBALT

What would be the consequences of internalising external costs on transport corridors?

sporen

Training classes CBA rail

We taught a five-day training course at the FPS Mobility and Transport.

train

Iron Rhine

We worked on transport forecasts and SCBA related to a possible reactivation of the Iron Rhine.

freighttrain waterways

EMMOSS model

TML updates and develops the Flemish emissions model for shipping and railways.

railwaytracks

Arbitration

We advised the international arbitration between the Netherlands and Belgium on the Iron Rhine, specifically the impact of th...

freighttrain

REORIENT

What are the effects of European rail policy on freight traffic?

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