TX Logistik AG is expanding its rail freight transport on the West-East axis. For this purpose, the railway logistics company has now added a new connection between Cologne and the Romanian Curtici in the timetable. The relation started with three rounds per week.
Up to 36 load units fit on the train. The main carriers transported are megatrailers, which are loaded with components for the automotive industry in the direction of Romania, and furniture and other consumer goods in the direction of Germany. The largest customers using the open train system include the Italian logistics company Arcese and the Romanian transport company Dunca Expediţii.
The route runs from the CTS container terminal in Cologne-Niehl via Würzburg and Passau through Austria and Hungary to the Trade Trans Terminal in Curtici, just a few kilometers from the Hungarian border. The responsibility and control of the entire transport chain lies with TX Logistik (TXL). "With the Cologne - Curtici connection, we are creating a new corridor between Western and Eastern Europe in our network," stresses Berit Börke, TXL's Sales Director.
This is the first time that the railway logistics company has put a train between Germany and Romania on the rails. TXL has been operating the Herne - Budapest route with three round trips a week since last year. Looking ahead, Berit Börke sees considerable opportunities for growth on the West-East axis: "We are also keeping an eye out for the Turkish market with the Cologne-Curtici relation."