07.10.2020
Artikel Nummer: 33557
No more locomotive change at the border
Slovenian company Primol-Rail, which belongs to the Polish PKP Cargo International Group, has completed the journey of the first container trains through the modernised crossing in Hodos between Slovenia and Hungary using its own multisystem Vectron locomotives.
The modernised track allows the passing of trains with axle loads (pressure) D4, i.e. 22.5 t per axle. In the past, this section only permitted the passage of trains with at most 20 t per axle.
This change now allows the group to provide train transport to/from Slovenia and Italy without having to change the locomotive on the Hungarian-Slovenian border. Therefore, the transit time of shipments will be significantly shortened. (ben)