Cargobeamer is an intermodal transport system. It involves specially designed

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s which can be carried on a road trailer; the pallets are fitted on top of

flatcar A flatcar (US) (also flat car, or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry ...

s but can slide sideways to allow trucks to drive on and off smoothly at intermodal terminals. A first testing terminal was opened in

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in Germany; trial runs between Leipzig and

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

were planned in November 2010. Since July 2021, the first full CargoBeamer terminal is availlable to the public transport market in Calais, France.

CargoBeamer Routes

The company advertises several routes: * Kaldenkirchen – Domodossola (, 17 hours) * Calais – Perpignan (, 24 hours) * Calais – Domodossola (, 19 hours) * Kaldenkirchen – Perpignan (, 30 hours)

CargoBeamer Terminals

Calais (France)

The first full CargoBeamer terminal was opened in Calais in July 2021 with a first connection to

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

in Southern France. Later that year, a second lane to

Domodossola Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and '' comune'' in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Osso ...

in Italy was added.

Domodossola (Italy)

In March 2021, CargoBeamer announced the purchase of a railyard in

, Italy. The site was chosen to serve as the second terminal location entirely equipped with the CargoBeamer handling technology.

Competing systems

Competing systems are offered by

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/ref> CargoBeamer Umschlag Waggonaufsätze Terminal Leizpig Engelsdorf

CargoBeamer Umschlag Waggonaufsätze Terminal Leizpig Engelsdorf

References

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External links

Website of CargoBeamer
Intermodal transport Transport in Europe Freight rolling stock