14.01.2019
Artikel Nummer: 25929
Alternatives for Italy-Germany-Sweden traffic
In the aftermath of the train accident on the Storebælt bridge in Denmark, the country’s ministry of transport has banned the use of pocket wagons on the national rail network until 22 January.
To ensure the flow of goods, the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac has developed a number of alternative solutions for the Italy-Germany-Scandinavia corridor.
For example, traffic between Busto (Italy) and Tualov in Jutland (Denmark) is being temporarily rerouted via Hamburg. Trains running between Cologne (Germany) and Malmo (Sweden) operate without pocket wagons but still haul containers and swap bodies.
In the train crash on 2 January, parts of a semi-trailer collided with a passenger train according to the preliminary findings. (ben)