Under contract to Siemens, DB Schenker Rail has started to transport bogies manufactured in Graz from Passau to Hamburg for onward shipment via sea to China.
The bogies will be installed in high-speed passenger trains.
The shipments are expected to continue until August 2011. During this period, a total of 1,440 bogies will be shipped by single car transportation on 700 freight cars.
To date, bogies were transported by truck. By transferring the shipments to rail, Siemens will save an estimated 600 tons of CO2 emissions.
