The Optimum Operation of transport some Commodities on Egyptian Railway Network

Abstract

This thesis deals with increasing Egyptian Railway share by optimizing the transport operation of some commodities, and aims to propose suitable recommendations to overcome the following problems: - The freight carried by Egyptian National Railway (ENR) network declined during the last decade for transported tonnage and the corresponding ton. km. - The ENR share of freight has dramatically decreased during the last twenty years for transported tonnage and the corresponding ton. km. - Unutilized wagons for some types. This thesis presents ENR network classifications according to administrative boundaries zones, tracks type, lines classes, lines operation, and lines saturation. It also presents ENR freight rolling stock, freight volumes transported by it within (2000/01-2012/13), and the unutilized transported volumes of freight in 2012/13. To obtain the thesis objective; volumes and paths of petroleum products transported by ENR from their origins to their destinations were analyzed; a field survey for one of loading depots was carried out, types of turnround time of petroleum products tankers were discussed, and some records were collected for some petroleum products trips.