News / North-south European rail freight traffic hits the buffers after Rastatt track closure

13/09/2017

Growing congestion on the north-south central European rail freight corridors this week prompted an emergency meeting between the heads of Deutsche Bahn and Swiss rail operator SBB.

The crisis has built up since the closure of a 20km section of the Rhine Valley Rheintal rail track around ...

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