Open AccessThe railway wagons for cargo transportation
Author(s) -
Wojciech Puszkiewicz,
P. Piątkowski,
Patryk Puszkiewicz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
autobusy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-7725
pISSN - 1509-5878
DOI - 10.24136/atest.2019.185
Subject(s) - transport engineering , dangerous goods , work (physics) , rail freight transport , passenger transport , business , engineering , mechanical engineering
The characteristic features of freight wagons used for transporting goods by railway carriers in Poland were presented in this article. Particular attention was paid to the way of marking wagons and safety rules related to rail traffic. The advantages and disadvantages of railway transport in the aspect of selected goods were presented in this work. The article refers to the elements of wagon economy in Poland in 1991 to 2017, and shows the dynamics of changes in their use for transportation. Economic data were prepared on the basis of GUS data broken down by type and amount of transported totally.