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Idling in combined traffic: is this the future?

Corridor closures, bottlenecks, and rising costs are pushing an entire system to the brink – with massive consequences for logistics, the economy, and the climate

For years, combined transport has been the backbone of climate-friendly logistics. But now a massive slump is looming: trains are arriving late or being cancelled, costs are rising, and with the upcoming corridor renovations, capacity is dramatically decreasing.

For the coming years, we expect a 20 to 30 % decrease in rail freight capacity – and hundreds of thousands of additional truck journeys. 

On the major Alpine transit corridors via Austria and Switzerland alone, this amounts to around 500,000 additional truck shipments – with more emissions, more traffic jams, and a higher risk of accidents. 

What moves to the streets usually doesn't come back – and Germany loses strength.