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TX Logistik AG has intensified its activities in intermodal transport. The railway logistics company, part of the Mercitalia Group (Gruppo FS Italiane), operates two round trips per week for the multimodal transport provider Samskip Multimodal in its train system between Duisburg and Katrineholm in Sweden. The connection started on April 6.
(Troisdorf) The train is provided at the Duisburg Rail Terminal (DRT) in Duisburg. TX Logistik takes over the traction at Krefeld-Uerdingen station. From there, the route leads via Padborg, the Øresund Bridge, and Malmö to Katrineholm. The city is located in the province of Södermanlands län, about 150 kilometers southwest of Stockholm. The destination is the GDL terminal in Katrineholm. Within a radius of 150 kilometers, about one third of the Swedish population can be reached.
The train is approximately 700 meters long and can accommodate up to 42 loading units. It transports swap bodies, semi-trailers, and containers, predominantly loaded with industrial and consumer goods.
Service between Duisburg and Katrineholm further expanded
The management of the available slot capacity is the responsibility of Samskip Multimodal. With the shuttle operated by TX Logistik, the company is further expanding its transport offering on the route between Duisburg and Katrineholm. “We are already cooperating with Samskip in the maritime sector and transport containers for the partner in the seaport hinterland traffic on the route Rotterdam – Munich,” explains Bernd Weisweiler, Director of Business Development at TX.
License to cross the Øresund Bridge
The high quality of services provided by TX Logistik was decisive in expanding the collaboration to intermodal continental transport. Another reason: TX Logistik is one of only three railway logistics companies that hold the license to cross the Øresund Bridge.
Photo: © TX Logistik / Image caption: (l. to r.): Piet Ozinga (Sales Manager Rail Network, Samskip), Bernd Weisweiler (Director Business Development, TX Logistik) and Johan Grootkarzijn (Head of Rail Network, Samskip)
