Railway Freight Transportation Pricing of White Goods Based on Freight Mode Choice Model
The market-oriented price reform of railway freight transportation is an effective measure to promote the development of multimodal transportation and express logistics.Considering the shipper's selection behavior and the carrier's different freight business objectives,this paper proposed a framework and method for market-oriented pricing of railway"white goods"transportation.First,a freight mode selection behavior model is constructed to describe the shipper's mode selection behavior.Second,the pricing decision model is constructed under different freight business objectives in combination with clearing measures for rail freight receipts.The quantitative relationship between the attribute values of transportation services,such as railway freight price and total transportation time,and the indexes,such as railway freight volume,surplus and clearing income,is established.And the changes of various indicators are calculated after the unit price of"white goods"freight settlement has decreased.Then the pricing strategy of railway freight transportation is analyzed.The results show that at the current level of photovoltaic freight rates,the railways have achieved higher transportation volume,but the transportation surplus is negative and cannot maintain the current level of freight rates in the long term.The excessive proportion of transportation costs at two terminals of the railway transportation chain will weaken the impact of railway freight rate fluctuations on the choice of shippers.Reducing the clearing unit price of"white goods"provides more space for railway transportation to lower freight rates,which can increase the railway's share,surplus and clearing income,and stimulate the enthusiasm of railway carrier enterprises to explore the railway"white goods"transportation market.
railway transportationmarket-oriented pricingfreight mode choicewhite goods transportationclearing measures for railway freight transport receipts