Parseh Designers Transportation Research Institute Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering 2008-6598 15 4 2024 06 21 Identifying and Prioritizing the Competitiveness Evaluation Criteria and Sub-Criteria of International Rail Freight Transport Services Identifying and Prioritizing the Competitiveness Evaluation Criteria and Sub-Criteria of International Rail Freight Transport Services 3973 3988 170335 10.22119/jte.2023.374307.2635 FA Seyyed Ali Delbari Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran 0000-0002-3858-5150 Seyed Alireza Davoodi Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran Mohyeddin Sabouhi M.Sc., Department of Management, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran Journal Article 2022 12 02 The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the competitiveness evaluation criteria and sub-criteria of international rail freight transport services. The present study is an exploratory-descriptive research and its statistical population consists of managers and experts of international rail freight transportation companies. The research sampling method is snowball and purposive, and the sample size is equal to 10 people. The data collection instrument is a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed using content validity method and its reliability was confirmed using inconsistency rate mechanism. To analyze data, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was used. The research findings indicate that the competitiveness evaluation criteria of international rail freight transport services include six criteria of accuracy, safety, convenience, reliability, economic efficiency, and speed, each of which has several sub-criteria. In addition, the results of the research show that speed is the most important criterion to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by accuracy and reliability, and network is the most important sub-criteria to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by packing condition and on-time pick-up. The findings of the research help international rail freight transportation companies to evaluate and improve their competitiveness using the identified criteria and sub-criteria. The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the competitiveness evaluation criteria and sub-criteria of international rail freight transport services. The present study is an exploratory-descriptive research and its statistical population consists of managers and experts of international rail freight transportation companies. The research sampling method is snowball and purposive, and the sample size is equal to 10 people. The data collection instrument is a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed using content validity method and its reliability was confirmed using inconsistency rate mechanism. To analyze data, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was used. The research findings indicate that the competitiveness evaluation criteria of international rail freight transport services include six criteria of accuracy, safety, convenience, reliability, economic efficiency, and speed, each of which has several sub-criteria. In addition, the results of the research show that speed is the most important criterion to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by accuracy and reliability, and network is the most important sub-criteria to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by packing condition and on-time pick-up. The findings of the research help international rail freight transportation companies to evaluate and improve their competitiveness using the identified criteria and sub-criteria. https://jte.sinaweb.net/article_170335_09494ee847563a3b3a88b9dbf93c8c5a.pdf