Susie Jones
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Čo znamená rozšírenie železnice v Inverness pre odvetvie mobility?

Vytvorené: 07. 07. 2025

Aktualizované: 07. 07. 2025

V júni dostali zelenú plány na obmedzenie nákladnej dopravy v prospech železničnej nákladnej dopravy v "továrni na mraky" (výroba drevených panelov West Fraser) neďaleko Inverness. Rozšírenie odstráni z cesty A96 40 000 nákladných vozidiel ročne. Skúmame, aký to bude mať vplyv na odvetvie nákladnej dopravy.

Aké sú plány?

Plány sa uskutočnia v dvoch fázach, pričom v oboch sa rozšíria služby železničnej nákladnej dopravy s cieľom vytvoriť udržateľnú prevádzkovú budúcnosť.

Prvá fáza bude dokončená do budúceho roka a ročne sa z ciest odstráni 20 000 ťažkých nákladných vozidiel.

Druhá fáza má za cieľ odstrániť 40 000 ťažkých nákladných vozidiel, čo zodpovedá 60 % ich súčasnej ročnej prevádzky. Táto fáza bude dokončená do roku 2028.

Ďalšie rozšírenie druhej fázy umožní ďalším spoločnostiam v okolí Inverness využívať ich železničné zariadenia na nákladnú dopravu.

Zníženie cestnej nákladnej dopravy

V dôsledku rozšírenia nákladnej železničnej dopravy sa v odvetví nepochybne zníži objem cestnej nákladnej dopravy do tejto oblasti. Tieto zmeny sa rovnajú približne o 54 jázd kamiónov denne menej, čím sa zmierni tlak na diaľnicu A96.

Hoci dopravné firmy zaznamenajú pokles dopytu po diaľkovej preprave dreva, zvýši sa počet kratších presunov ťažkými nákladnými vozidlami na poslednú míľu, ako napríklad zber dreva na prepravu na skládku. V tomto odvetví môže dôjsť aj k nárastu úloh v oblasti železničnej logistiky, ako je koordinácia nakládky medzi nákladnými vozidlami a vlakmi.

Zelenší priemysel

V roku 2022 sa v rámci Spojeného kráľovstva prepravilo 1,64 miliardy ton tovaru nákladnými vozidlami, čo zahŕňalo približne 156 miliónov jázd nákladných vozidiel. Sektor mobility je dlhodobo jedným z najväčších zdrojov emisií skleníkových plynov v Európskej únii. V roku 2022 vyprodukoval 73,2 % emisií skleníkových plynov z dopravy v Európe. Napriek tomuto vysokému číslu vykazuje toto odvetvie pomalý pokrok v znižovaní svojich emisií. Očakáva sa, že prechod na železničnú dopravu v "továrni na mraky" zníži približne 9 000 ton emisií CO2 ročne. Ide o malý, aj keď dôležitý krok správnym smerom, ktorý napomáha prechodu odvetvia na čistú nulu do roku 2050.

Čo to znamená pre odvetvie nákladnej dopravy?

Hoci mnohí môžu túto zmenu vnímať ako negatívum, odvetvie nákladnej dopravy by z nej mohlo profitovať.

Od cesty k železničnej doprave:

To predstavuje novú príležitosť pre dopravcov ponúkať tieto špecializované služby. V tejto oblasti by dopravné spoločnosti mohli zabezpečovať dodávky dreva a intermodálnu nákladnú dopravu.

Samotná spoločnosť West Fraser odhadla, že táto zmena pravdepodobne spôsobí nárast počtu nákladných vozidiel smerujúcich do areálu a z neho.

Prispôsobte sa a investujte:

Keďže sa odvetvie posúva smerom k väčšej integrácii železníc, dopravcovia sa musia rýchlo prispôsobiť a viac investovať.

  • Vozové parky prejdú z diaľkových kamiónov na ťažbu dreva na špecializované jazdy na krátke vzdialenosti.

  • Pri nakladaní kontajnerov môžu byť nevyhnutné investície do špecializovaného vybavenia.

  • Partnerstvá s prevádzkovateľmi železníc a manažérmi železničných staníc by mohli mať pozitívny vplyv na dopravné spoločnosti.

Hľadáte parkovanie v blízkosti mesta Inverness?

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