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Freight transportation planning is an important part of the country’s economy. Due to increased demand of the freight in today’s supply chain, an optimal mix of existing mode of transportation is required. Intermodal freight transportation is a combination of at least two different modes of transportation. In this chapter, a levelized cost analysis method is used to determine the total levelized cost of the vehicle over its useful life. Also, the total cost varies due to externalities with the given length of route. An intermodal shift of the rail–road mode is also calculated and the optimal cost corresponding to that route was found. In this chapter, all the parameters related to the levelized cost of vehicle is fixed and averaged for a given route length.
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Kumar, A., Ramesh, A. (2018). Modelling Intermodal Freight Transportation Promotion for Sustainable Supply Chain in India. In: Chakraborty, A., Kumar Gouda, S., Gajanand, M. (eds) Sustainable Operations in India. Managing the Asian Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8010-4_7
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