Routes & Terminals

Complete loading and unloading of an entire train takes only 20 minutes. After a short safety check, the train can depart again right away.

Thanks to the fast turnaround within a few minutes, the throughput rate of a CargoBeamer terminal is two to five times higher than that of a conventional terminal.

The handling modules are made of precast concrete parts and can be installed in the terminal within a short time. Later expansion of the terminal is already provided for during the planning phase and can then be implemented quickly and cost-effectively.

Semi-trailers can be delivered or picked up by drivers without the train having to be present at the terminal. This way, we provide a system where trucks can concentrate on local traffic and, after delivering one semi-trailer, take on another one immediately.

Trains are loaded and unloaded fully automatically and without noise emissions. Additional shunting vehicles are no mandatory requirement. The unloaded semitrailers can be taken along by the trucks immediately or any time later.

When transporting rail cargo across the Russian or Spanish border, the gauge change used to take two to three days, approximately. With CargoBeamer's terminal technology, this happens in less than an hour.

At certain terminals we take over the unloading and shunting process for you. In that case the tractor units and drivers only have to provide the semi-trailers or take along the waiting ones. In addition, CargoBeamer takes care of the safety inspection of the departing trains.