A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters of Science

Multimodal freight transport can facilitate the economic development of Operators. The Study shows particularly in fright transportation, there is developing the single mode of transport in to multimodal operation system, the characteristics of multimodal travel today in Ethiopia and assesses its future potential in Railway Corporation, the factors required to implement the multimodal operating system and make Railway will be competitive rather than shipping line.