Questions about rail transport

Thanks to an excellent network and domestic terminals at key hubs, containers can be transported by rail throughout Germany.

Dangerous goods can be transported by rail but must be individually requested.

Yes, in this case aggregated containers are stowed just like in sea freight, which are then shipped by rail. As an alternative to sea and air freight; by way of

All standard containers can be transported by rail. Other container types can be individually requested.

Goods transport on rail is more environmentally-friendly, compact and more efficient than goods transport by road: a lorry emits 110 times as much carbon dioxide, needs three times as much

To be able to use semi-trailers for combined transport (CT), they must be cranable. This means that they must be able to be loaded onto the train by crane at

Vehicles in the preliminary or final leg to or from the nearest suitable terminal within a 150 km radius can have a total weight of 44t (in contrast to vehicles

Combined transport is the transportation of goods in a lorry or load unit (e.g. swap bodies, containers or semi-trailers) where the longest part of the overall route is covered by