Pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 8 of Swiss law on the transport of goods of 25 September 2025, according to which "for the the construction and extension of transhipment facilities for the combined transport abroad, the Confederation can grant, in addition to non-repayable investment grants, repayable loans", the Government of Switzerland has decided to Investing in the construction of Germany's intermodal terminal CargoBeamer in Domodossola.

With the aim of further increasing freight traffic across the Alps along the Lötschberg-Simplon axis, In fact, the Swiss Confederation has planned to provide, through the Federal Office of Transport, a contribution of 38.8 million Swiss francs out of a total cost for the Construction of the terminal amounting to CHF 67.1 million.

The agreement with CargoBeamer stipulates that, if the terminal does not a defined minimum number of transhipments will be carried out, the German company will have to provide for the return of part of the of the Swiss investment.

The new Domodossola terminal will be equipped with two Double tracks 700 meters long each. In the terminal it will be container transshipment and 24 modules will be available for in particular, to carry out the transhipment of semi-trailers. In addition Thanks to the horizontal loading system provided, it will be possible to Semi-trailers that cannot be loaded with cranes are also widely loaded. used in Europe. It is expected that the ability to Transshipment of the terminal will amount to 185 thousand trucks per year

In the past, Switzerland has contributed to the financing of other intermodal terminals in Italy (Gallarate, Piacenza, Milan-Smistamento) as well as in Germany (Duisburg, Singen) and Belgium (Antwerp).