SBB Cargo: Step-by-step expansion of combined transport

Swiss cargo railway SBB Cargo is developing a network of regularly operated trains and throughput facilities for national combined transport
 
SBB Cargo is expecting combined transport to grow further in Switzerland and is thus expanding its offering step-by-step. “A network of regularly operated trains and throughput facilities throughout Switzerland will permit efficient transport of containers in Switzerland for customers. Thus the advantages of road and rail can be combined", the management writes in a media release.
 
Today the enterprise is the biggest provider of currently offered combined transport services in Switzerland. The future service schedule of SBB Cargo for combined transport provides for regularly operated trains, which will link the major centres of Switzerland. Shuttle trains will be operated according to firm schedules. The first train is operated two times per week according to schedule since the start of this year, linking Dietikon close to Zurich and Renens near Lausanne.
 
In order to be able to handle the growing incoming and outgoing container volume, they plan to establish terminals for trains of a maximum length of 750 metres. The Limmattal gateway will offer a direct link to the system of the wagon load transport for fine distribution of containers in Switzerland. The Basel Nord terminal is designed trimodal and will connect vessels, trains and trucks. SBB operates currently eight own terminals for combined transport.
 
Expanding combined transport in Switzerland SBB Cargo completes the existing wagon load and transit traffic business. Along with the global trend of transporting goods in containers and the declining big industry, strong growth can be expected from combined transport on the road, railway and waterway. “Our customers are mainly truck transporters, who are more and more relying on the railway in Switzerland as far as long and medium distances are concerned", explains Nicolas Perrin, CEO of SBB Cargo. “Road and railway are coming closer together, and we are able to combined the strengths of both transport modes. The old rivalry between truck and train will not be the future."

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