Automotive

Thanks to our high-performance, Europe-wide Automotive RailNet, we can deliver rail logistics for components and finished vehicles as we link car manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and export ports around the continent.

Benefits for you

A single source of rail logistics solutions for components and finished vehicles
The perfect combination of rail and road transport for door-to-door deliveries
Just-in-time and just-in-sequence deliveries to plants
Rail logistics services at our logistics centres and Automotive terminals
High-performance battery logistics
Fleet of modern freight wagons for every type of vehicle

Facts

Our services for you

Automotive RailNet

We use our Automotive RailNet system to provide cross-modal rail logistics solutions that cater to car manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and export ports throughout Europe. Overall, 250 trains use our network every day. Our service covers the entire logistics chain for the car industry, including integrated first and last mile deliveries by truck, transhipment and other rail-related services at our logistics centres.

Intermodal shuttle connection

The Trailer Romania Xpress, or short TRX, is our ultra-frequent shuttle connection between Germany and south-east Europe – providing connections in both directions on each route. With daily departures for craneable mega-trailers, containers and swap bodies, we create a multimodal logistics solution in combined transport. If desired, we can also take care of the first and last mile by lorry and thus realise door-to-door solutions from a single source - even for customers without their own rail siding.

Hubs for efficiency

We consolidate wagon sets arriving from different plants at strategic locations across Europe to form frequent block trains connections, thereby creating flexible solutions that also deliver short transport times. These hubs in high-potential regions also enable us to pool smaller consignments from different suppliers and manufacturers, which is great for moving even more freight from roads to the eco-friendly rail network.

Other solutions for automotive customers

Battery logistics – Cells of the future

We link battery manufacturing with automotive production – through individual, tailor-made transport solutions for lithium-ion cells and battery modules.

Automotive logistics centre – all-round logistics for components

With our logistics centre for the automotive industry in Bremen, we supply a neighbouring automotive plant via a transhipment terminal, a contract logistics warehouse and a trailer yard. Further logistics centres are scheduled for other sites.

Automotive terminals – rail logistics services as a complete package

Our terminals offer a comprehensive portfolio of logistics, technical and other services. They combine the advantages of transport connections by rail, road and inland waterway.