Direct Kiel-Duisburg rail link to open

The 490 m long trains will make 24 slots available per departure for loadable trailers, or 48 slots for containers and swap-bodies.  They will be operated by Kombiverkehr KG of Frankfurt, which will serve both Kiel’s Schwedenkai Terminal and Ostuferhafen.  The journey time to the DUSS Terminal in Duisburg-Ruhrort will be about eight hours.

Dr Dirk Claus, managing director of the Port of Kiel, said: “This shuttle train service is a further building block in our port’s hinterland links.  It means that Kiel can now be reached even faster and, for the first time, directly by rail from the Ruhr”.

“With this new direct train link and the direct link between Kiel and Verona established last year, we are acknowledging the growing significance of the Port in Baltic transport”, said Peter Dannewitz, head of sales at Kombiverkehr.