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Inaugurated a new container terminal in the intermodal center German Köln Eifeltor
The work has cost about 47 million euros
November 23, 2012
This afternoon in the intermodal terminal Köln Eifeltor of Colony, one of the logistics centers for the arranged transport more important of Europe managed from the Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Back (DUSS) mbH, branch of the DB Netz (group Deutsche Bahn), is inaugurated a new container endowed terminal of two crane for the transfer of the containers from the railroad to the trucks. , in great part financed through federal programs for I throw again of the economy, and have regarded also the widening of the infrastructure with it puts down of new tracks for the trains and the realization of lanes and areas of parking for the trucks.
"The German railroads - the administrative director of DB Netz has declared, Roland Bosch - are working hardly in order to adapt the performances of the terminals in management to the increasing ask of the market. Only then it will be possible to move more goods from the road to the railroad to advantage of the atmosphere. Therefore we are very pleased that for more than necessary participations than widening of the terminal Köln Eifeltor, as well as our resources, have been available bottoms of the package of stimulus to the development of the federal government".
The intermodal terminal of Colony enlivens annually beyond four thousand trains and has an ability to enclosed traffic pairs today almost 400,000 containers the inaugurated widening, that an increase of the ability to about 100.000 cargo units per year has allowed.
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