Research of process of receipt of container flows at railway terminal stations in the conditions of intermodal transportations

Intermodal transportations are the result of the interaction of a large number of counterparties and therefore represent a complex stochastic process. In the process, there is inconsistency in action and a degree of uncertainty that results in delays in transporting containers and associated additional costs. In order to establish the technological process of container transportation by rail and interaction with the port in the organization of intermodal transportation, the article examines the flow of container flows to one of the railway terminal stations. It is proved that the container flows coming from shippers to the station have signs of stochasticity and belong to non-stationary, extraordinary Poisson flows.