The goal of the project is basic research oriented on enquiry into conditions of the liberalisation of the railway freight market in the context of a sustainable transport system. Following this research, measures for creation of free and undisturbed competition in freight transport to reduce the use of public resources will be designed, the quality of service even as reducing the social costs of transport will be improved. The measures will be proposed with emphasis on the use of opportunities on competitive freight market even as eliminating the risks of a dominant position of the national railway freight carrier.