Research Article

Evaluating the Rail-Based Multimodal Freight Transportation after HSR Entry in Yangtze River Delta Economics Zone

Table 7

Index scores of the third-level indicators.

The indicators of the third-levelShanghaiZhejiangJiangsuAnhui

Public rail stations and railway links (A11)82.2387.0088.5594.23
Exclusive railway (A12)84.0986.1385.6896.09
Port shoreline (A13)93.7785.9090.5681.77
Highway density (A14)96.3385.5785.7784.33
Public rail freight volume (A21)81.7193.7187.9288.65
Exclusive rail freight volume (A22)84.0987.1984.6396.09
Port throughput (A23)92.8891.8986.3680.88
Highway freight volume (A24)81.2488.1289.3993.24
Rail-water transport volume (B11)82.6792.7694.2882.28
Water-water transport volume (B21)92.6492.4586.2780.64
Road-water transport volume (B31)94.6489.0185.7282.64
Road-rail transport volume (B41)83.7387.4985.0695.73
Multimodal transport delay (C11)90.2693.0387.6781.03
Multimodal transfer efficiency (C12)93.7289.9786.681.72
Revenue of multimodal transport (C13)86.5795.0487.3583.04
Informatization (C21)88.1894.0487.7582.04
Availability (C22)93.4392.6384.5281.43
Ratio of accidents (C31)100.00100.00100.00100.00
Average compensation for every accident (C32)100.00100.00100.00100.00
Improvement of market share (D11)84.5084.8786.1496.50
Unit energy consumption (D21)81.3691.4793.3685.80
Policy implication (D31)85.8595.0288.1183.02

As no railway freight accident is recorded in 2019 for the evaluated stations and links, the scores for C31 and C32 are 100.