An activist in European rail freight

Posted by George Raymond on May 25, 2023

In recent years, the Swiss transport operator Hupac has emerged as an activist in European
rail freight. The initiatives of the company’s management comprise new lines and terminals;
industry-wide data interoperability to foster digitalisation: a consolidated trimodal terminal at
the head of the navigable Rhine in Basel; denunciation of the deteriorating capacity, reliability
and flexibility of the European and particularly German rail network; easier train driving in a
foreign country; and political action to develop a north-south line on the Rhine’s French left
bank to relieve – and at times replace – the chronically congested rail route on the Rhine’s
German right bank. Here’s my report.

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