The German transport company Kombiverkehr has extended its range of services, by connecting the Port of Rotterdam and Lovosice terminals in the Czech Republic to the MegaHub Hannover-Lehrte facility, east of the German town of Hanover.
"With the addition of this new train product, we are opening up key gateway services in our international network for both industrial regions via Hanover," said Alexander Ochs, managing director of Kombiverkehr.
Rotterdam and Lovosice now have connecting services to northern Europe and the Baltic region via the Baltic Sea ports of Kiel and Lübeck, while services from Rotterdam and Lovosice to northern Italy with a connection to the Verona Interterminal are also possible.
"From Europoort, logistics companies have access to Great Britain that dovetail with our rail-side products," said Ochs, who went on to add that new international routes via Hannover-Lehrte are helping the UK hauliers complete their transport chains.
The new services from Rotterdam Europoort and Lovosice to Hannover-Lehrte are offered four times a week for each route. The same applies for the opposite direction, according to the transport company.
Further connections to and from Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltic states via the German Baltic Rail Gate Terminal on Skandinavienkai, which is now linked with the rapid-transfer facility in Hanover, have been available since the middle of November, with routes offered three times a week in each direction.
Kombiverkehr has also boosted the frequency of departures on the existing route between the central facility Hannover-Lehrte and the Port of Duisburg. Both directions have been offered five times a week since 13 December, shortening the transfer times in transit services via Duisburg and Hanover.
All connected terminals are linked to each other via the MegaHub Hannover-Lehrte, facilitating logistics across Europe. The MegaHub is funded by the German Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of a federal programme aimed at securing the future of rail freight.
