通过对常州货运市场和客户的调查,提出了包含经济性、时效性、可靠性、便利性的广义运输费用概念,建立了货物运输经济运距分析模型。并且以常州货运市场为背景,分析了铁路与其它运输方式相比较的经济运距,探究了常州铁路货运薄弱的根源,提出了发展常州铁路货运的若干策略建议。 Based on the investigation of Changzhou’s freight market and customers, the concept of generalized transportation costs including economy, timeliness, reliability and convenience is put forward, and the model of freight transportation economy is established. In the context of Changzhou freight market, this paper analyzes the economic distance between railways and other modes of transport, explores the causes of the weakness of Changzhou rail freight, and puts forward some tactics to develop Changzhou’s railway freight transportation.