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Getting freight to change trains like passengers do

Posted by George Raymond on September 2, 2020

To reduce road congestion and emissions, public policy in Europe seeks to shift freight from lorries to trains. Today, the railway offers three main production concepts: block trains, intermodal/combined transport (CT) and wagonload (WL) service. Each has its place. But none of these concepts address the lorry’s main market: shipments of lorry size or less travelling 100 to 300km.

Stefan Karch has a solution. See George Raymond’s September 2020 article in IRSE News.

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