02. Where do we want to go?

Where do we want to go?

In the future, CT will be in a better position to offer competitive solutions for a wide range of different transport tasks. Thanks to attractive offers, reliability and a high level of customer orientation, it will increasingly be the preferred option over pure truck transport for medium distances and above. To a much greater extent than before, it thus offers companies wishing to transport their products by rail the opportunity to reduce the CO₂ emissions of their logistics chains at an economically justifiable cost.

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The target image of the loading industry, i.e. the (potential) customers of rail freight transport and CT, can be condensed into a vision in six points:

.Continuously increasing infrastructure investments in the rail network and terminal infrastructure as well as rapid network expansion will lead to a more efficient and resilient rail network without bottlenecks. Freight trains - loaded also with time-sensitive goods – will reach their destinations on time. The 4-meter tunnel clearance profile (P400) and a train length of 740 meters are the operational standard on all major lines and their bypass routes.

.In the event of disturbances in the network allow well designed alternative and rerouting routes ensure that traffic can be handled smoothly. Thanks to effective cross-border corridor management and technical and regulatory harmonization, diversionary traffic can of course also be handled on international routes.

.High terminal capacities allow for frictionless access to rail and reliable planning of time window deliveries. The arrival times are also transparent for forwarders, shippers and end customers across all modes of transport during the ongoing transport. . Digitization, automation and technical innovations, especially in the area of handling technologies and equipment, have made the Efficient transshipment between rail and road and quickly made.

.The roadside leading and trailing is characterized by good working conditions and thus high driver availability and is continuously becoming more climate-neutral through the use of alternative drives and fuels.

.Autonomous driving is used in particular in terminals and in the pre-carriage and on-carriage of CT transports are introduced and promoted. In order not to weaken the location factor of competitive logistics, the privileges of CT will be uniformly expanded throughout Europe and its framework conditions improved, but the performance and efficiency of other transports and modes of transport will not be restricted.