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Table 1 Output of the three illustrations

From: How to make urban freight transport by tram successful?

Output

Module 1.1

Dedicated freight tram

Module 1.2

Freight wagon

Module 1.3

Freight in a passenger tram

Viable number of round trips and load factor

6 round trips and 50–70% load factor

6 round trips and 90% load factor

1 round trip, 2% load factor

Minimum required goods volume

4200 kg

5400 kg

20 kg

Business-economic NPV

€2016 569,973

€2016 59,430

€2016 11,736

Business-economic IRR

4.22%

4.33%

137.9%

Socio-economic NPV

€2016 741,854

€2016 4,091,629

€2016 726,575

Socio-economic IRR

6.38%

170.88%

8345.27%

Critical business-economic factors

Initial capital investment (−)

Initial capital investment & discount rate products (−)

Marketing (+)

Operational cost current road transport (+)

Operational cost tram (−)

Speed current road transport (−)

Critical socio-economic factor: ΔSNPV if external truck cost increases by 1%

+€2016 1779

+€2016 41,365

+€2016 7149