Small inland terminals lose traffic to large European hubs

Source: https://www.railfreight.com/intermodal/2019/03/12/small-inland-terminals-lose-traffic-to-large-european-hubs

While some European hubs are growing in terms of freight traffic volumes, this leads to the marginalisation of some smaller, inland terminals. Truckers rather opt for the larger terminals with a high frequency of train connections. The logistics product of the smaller terminal is just not attractive enough, explained Onno de Jong, Consultant Transport & Infrastructure at Ecorys, a research and consultancy firm.

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