- Launch of the new TransFER Verona–Hannover on 29th March 2021 with four round trips per week
- RCG expands its range of services on the Brenner and reduces the burden of truck transit traffic
- High-performance intermodal network guarantees efficient freight transport across the entire Eurasian continent
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is expanding its network. On 29th March 2021, its new TransFER service provides a non-stop intermodal rail connection running four times a week between the rail freight transport centre Interporto Quadrante Europa in Verona and the Rail Terminal Hannover-Leinetor. With this new TransFER service, the RCG offers an efficient, eco-friendly transport service between Northern Italy and Northern Germany for continental supply chains.
Helping relieve the burden of transit traffic on the Brenner Axis
This new ÖBB Rail Cargo Group TransFER offers more opportunities to shift transport to rail on the Brenner Axis. This eco-friendly, high-frequent transport service could take up to 256 truck journeys a week off the roads in Austria; a country that experiences heavy transit traffic. This new intermodal rail connection plays key role in relieving this region of the burden of transit traffic and its population of noise pollution. With its services, the RCG is helping protect the climate and is making headway in the race to counteract the vicious cycle of transit traffic on the Brenner.
From the North of Italy to the North of Germany
With its rail freight centre Interporto Quadrante Europa, Verona’s convenient location makes it highly important for the regions of Venetia and Northern Italy. Venetia’s economy is the third strongest in Italy, with its industrial focus in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering, metal construction, the fashion and textile industries, plastic, automotive, furniture and food production. Germany has long been the first port of call for Venetia, and for Italy as a whole, when it comes to exports.
Lower Saxony, with its capital Hannover, is the fourth largest federal state in Germany in terms of its economic output. It is directly located on the North Sea coast and has an extensive rail and waterway network as well as a wealth of motorway links on the North-South and the West-East axis. The Rail Terminal Hannover benefits from this. Lower Saxony has a host of global companies in the automobile and food, shipbuilding and chemical industries.
