| 摘要 |
The invention pertains to distribution system for transporting parcels or piece goods, the system comprising: a hub, a plurality of nodes logistically connected to the hub via at least one standard railway route, a plurality of railway freight cars for transporting the parcels or piece goods in standard shipping containers from the hub to at least some of the nodes along said at least one standard railway route, and a plurality of trucks, each picking up a container at a specific node and delivering the parcels or piece goods to recipients along a logistically optimized route within an pre-defined area associated with the specific node, wherein each of said trucks comprises first transfer means for transferring a standard shipping container between a freight car and the truck itself. The invention also pertains to a method of distributing parcels or piece goods. |
