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02.12.2009
Kombiverkehr expands national network from the Ruhr region

Trains to roll again between Duisburg and Basel from January - 640 kg less CO₂ emissions for every truckload shipped

From Monday, 11 January 2010, Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr will be offering additional alternatives for environmentally-friendly transport between the Rhine/Ruhr region and Basel. Three trains a week will run to and from the DUSS terminal in Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen and Basel on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from that date. The overnight services will relieve the heavily congested lines between Cologne, Wuppertal and Basel and will also offer forwarders and transport companies additional connection options to Kombiverkehr's national and international routes from the Duisburg hub. Onward connections from Duisburg include services to Leipzig, Rotterdam and Poland, among others.

The introduction of new combination trains, which shift the transport of semitrailers, swap bodies and containers from road to rail and thereby help to relieve trunk routes along the Rhine and Ruhr, stems from the results of the latest customer survey carried out by the company. "Our regular customer surveys enable us to keep our ear very close to the ground, so that we can react as quickly as possible to the highlighted demand", said Robert Breuhahn, managing director of Kombiverkehr. Every time a truck consignment is shifted from road to rail, users of the new combination trains cut the emissions of harmful greenhouse gases caused by transport. The transportation of a 25-ton load of a modern truck of the Euro 5 emissions class by rail between Duisburg and Basel produces 640 kilograms less CO₂ than transport by road - a saving of more than 75 per cent. The actual emissions saving could be even higher, depending on the emissions class of the truck used. A customised quick comparison of pollutant emissions by road and rail for a particular route can be obtained free of charge at any time via the online timetable information section of www.kombiverkehr.com > Customer information > Online-Timetable.

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New train approaching the DUSS terminal in Duisburg: From 11 January 2010 Kombiverkehr will again be offering a service to and from Basel.

About Kombiverkehr:

Founded in 1969, Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH & Co KG develops, organises and markets an international network for combined road and rail transport and is the European market leader in this segment of the rail freight sector. With over 160 direct and shuttle services, the company provides forwarders and transport companies with more than 15,000 connections across Europe every night. The limited partnership is owned by some 230 national and international forwarders and transport companies as well as DB Mobility Logistics AG. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, the company shifted 1.021 million truck consignments (2.043 million TEU) from road to rail in 2008, saving the environment nearly one million tons of harmful carbon dioxide emissions. The 167 employees achieved sales of 432 million euros in 2008.

Contact partner for further information or Picture material:
Kombiverkehr, Corporate Communications, Jan Weiser
Phone +49 69/7 95 05-1 42, Fax +49 69/7 95 05-1 49
e-mail jweiser@kombiverkehr.de