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‘Europe should rethink 740-metre trains and mega trucks’

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Problem: Driven by the goal of improving business efficiency, automotive and railway carriers are advocating for the use of larger truck trailers and longer trains. Increasing efficiency is a reasonable goal, but will that be achieved by allowing mega trailers and mega trains on our networks? In Europe, 740-metre trains are seen as a desirable standard, but contributing author Borys Ganaylyuk offers a different perspective.

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1 comment op “‘Europe should rethink 740-metre trains and mega trucks’”

Lukas Soukup|22.01.26|17:44

The article is quite confusing, in fact most studies have shown the effectiveness of longer trains, including increasing infrastructure capacity. In fact this is a condition for intermodal trains to be profitable at all. On the contrary, the abandonment of the prehistoric pneumatic brake of freight trains would help capacity and smooth operation.

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