Lehrte MegaHub to open in 2017

Construction on an innovative intermodal terminal with automated container sorting technology is getting underway in Lehrte, to the east of Hannover in Germany. It is expected to become a key node in the European rail freight network, as it lies at the intersection of the North Sea-Baltic, Orient/East-Med and Scandinavian-Mediterranean Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) corridors. Under development since 1997, the MegaHub project has experienced various interruptions to the process, however it is now expected that trial operation will begin in 2016, with the following year bringing a full start of revenue service. Six transfer racks with a minimal operational length of 700 m, accommodating the longest trains able to run across the TEN-T network, will comprise the centerpiece of the terminal. A fully-automated container sorting system is the most innovative element of the project.

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• Authors:
  • Muller, Christopher
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 67-68, 70
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 170
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Container handling; Freight transportation; Innovation; Intermodal terminals; Railroads; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sorting
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Construction; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01541638
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 2014 2:11PM