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TX Logistik and Ecco plan UK’s first piggyback train

TX Logistik aims to set up first Channel Tunnel piggyback route. The German rail logistics company is planning to transport unaccompanied (‘piggyback’) semi-trailers by long distance rail through the Channel tunnel for the first time as part of its European expansion. TX Logistik, which belongs to the Mercitalia Group (part of the Italian rail company, Gruppo FS Italiane), plans to develop a rail freight connection between Cologne and the London region with ... [+]