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Railway in the Future Development of the Traffic System

Future development of traffic assumes its growth with increased energy consumption, greater environmental pollution through harmful components, and noise, as well as overload of traffic routes. The same development has been burdened by two opposing tendencies. One is subjected to short-term interests and oriented exclusively to profit, the other is a long-term care of environmental protection and energy savings which often excludes immediate profit. Giving priority to this second tendency is a must, and it requires joint efforts invested by scientists, traffic entrepreneurs and government institutions within legal regulations. This paper analyses the advantages of railway traffic compared to other modes of traffic and indicates its potentials in the future development of traffic primarily from the aspect of environmental protection. The emphasis lies on the comparison of harmful emissions and consumption of specific energy in cargo transport by railways and other traffic modes. The directives are also given of the desirable future development of railways in order to optimally use all its potentials.

railway traffic; environmental protection; cargo transport; future development

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