Planning and design of intermodal hub networks: A literature review

Intermodal transportation plays a key role in modern transportation systems. There is a high interest into design efficient and low-cost intermodal networks. In this paper, we review more than 100 papers on recent literature regarding intermodal network design from a hub location perspective. We discuss recent trends and provide more than 20 future research directions focused on the modeling of realistic intermodal transportation systems. Findings and research directions are structured in terms of the modeling of internal and external factors and solution features, and we found that current models lack of realism in the modeling of internal factors of intermodal hub networks like hubs and vehicles.