News / Rastatt rail freight corridor reopens, but closure backlash still creating ripples

The Rhine Valley rail freight corridor via Rastatt reopened last night, allowing European intermodal operators full-capacity on north-south services again.

However, Swiss intermodal operator Hupac noted that “due to the intense re-routings of locos, wagons and staff on alternative routes over the last seven weeks, it will take time to bring the situation back to normal”.

The closure of around 20km of track on 12 August in the Rastatt area, where some 200 trains a day pass through, threw European overland supply chains ...