Ranking of freight rail transport companies from point of view of the governing sector by combining BWM and VIKOR methods

Rail transportation has always been considered by policymakers as a way of green transportation. rail transport companies have significant role in increasing the share of rail transport. Owners of goods as end customers, in response to their business needs, seek to choose the best option based on multiple criteria to reduce their costs. Accordingly, it is intended to use multi-criteria decision-making techniques to attract the attention and awareness of policy makers to provide a suitable guide for shippers. for this goal, after determining the evaluation indicators by Delphi technique, the Best-Worst method for weighing the indicators and Vikor method for ranking the rail freight companies have been discussed. Based on the analysis of the model results, because the difference between the value of the Vikor index for the option of Rahahan hamlonaghl Company and Tukaril Company is equal to 0.10, which is greater than the value of 0.05, the first condition of Vikor is confirmed. Regarding the second condition of Vikor method, the option of Rahahan Hamlonaghl Company has the lowest amount of S index. Therefore, that Company was ranked as first among domestic freight transport companies assuming the performance of the Railway Network of the Islamic Republic of Iran By mid-2020. Also, due to the fact that the average values ​​of the Vikor index are less than 0.5, the performance of the rail freight companies is in a comparatively good condition. The results of research can be the cornerstone of the evaluation of rail transport companies by the RAI.