NordCargo and Rail Cargo Italia open Xrail the door to Northern Italy
Xrail European Wagonload production alliance implements capacity booking and extends its network to Northern Italy
Xrail, the European Wagonload production alliance, announced the implementation of seamless international capacity booking to boost Wagonload traffic efficiency and to enable reliable transports all across the partners’ networks. Furthermore, Xrail will expand its quality network to Northern Italy through Alliance partners’ subsidiaries.
The Xrail Alliance partners have decided to make an industry change by implementing capacity-managed networks and connecting these via a capacity booking broker on Xrail level by 2015. With the new features, the partners will enhance the efficiency and reliability of international Wagonload and extend the availability of Xrail quality services to all Wagonload traffics between the Alliance partners.
“We believe that customers will strongly benefit from the international capacity booking system, which will provide them with guaranteed allocated capacity and a reliable Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at the time of booking,” says Mr. Schmidt, and he continues: “customers can thus perceive a higher standard in terms of quality, transparency and commitment in international Wagonload traffic.”
Another important step for the sustainable growth and continuous enhancement of the Alliance is the extension of the Xrail network to Northern Italy. NordCargo, a subsidiary of DB Schenker Rail, will start to offer the Xrail standards during the course of 2013, while Rail Cargo Italia, part of the Rail Cargo Group, will follow in the beginning of 2014. In total, about 30 stations in Italy will benefit from the Xrail service features.
In February 2010, a unique production alliance was formed for the operations of international Wagonload traffic between the seven rail freight operators CD Cargo, CFL cargo, DB Schenker Rail, Green Cargo, Rail Cargo Austria, SNCB Logistics and SBB Cargo. The Alliance strives to significantly enhance the competitiveness of European Wagonload traffic by working together to improve the quality of Wagonload services throughout Europe and has developed new international production standards, supporting IT tools and different quality improvement measures.
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