South
Your benefits at a glance
- High frequency and dense coverage on the south–north axis
- Door-to-door intermodal logistics via railports
- Transport solutions for small volumes through consolidation across several customers
- High volumes even in single-wagon transport
- Flexible shipping capacity for the safe transport of waste
- Fast Alpine transit through the Gotthard Base Tunnel without congestion or night-driving restrictions
Your ideal connection to the south
DB Cargo’s Southern route offers a high-frequency European rail network for transport between northern and southern Europe. Its range extends from efficient single-wagon services, in which products from different suppliers are consolidated into full loads, to block-train services. This means even small transport volumes can be moved by freight train.
By transiting the Alps through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, rail freight transport can avoid not only road congestion but also the night-driving ban for trucks. This enables your goods to reach their destination quickly and with reduced emissions (external link: Emissions data | German Environment Agency).
Flexible and efficient
Door-to-door solutions make rail freight transport possible even within southern Italy, where infrastructure is less developed, by using trucks for pre-carriage and onward carriage. Large volumes of food and beverages are transshipped at numerous railports, including tomatoes, pasta and water from Italian manufacturers destined for German retailers. Steel customers particularly value the flexibility with which complete trains can be separated into individual wagons and routed to different destinations.
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