New Budapest-Cologne Block Train Service to Run Three Times Weekly
5th September 2017
Ekol Logistics has opened a new block train service between Budapest, Hungary, and Cologne, Germany.
“We are very happy to open this new dedicated train in order to connect CEE with Germany, Benelux, France and the UK. It is the first company train in Hungary operated by a 3PL company. So far only public trains have been used in this connection,” revealed kos Kovács, Country Manager, Ekol Hungary.
The train will leave Budapest three times per week with departures every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 22:00 and reach Cologne at 05:00 on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The return will depart every Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 20:00 from Cologne to arrive in Budapest two days later at 03:00.
The train will be composed of double pocket wagons, to carry 32 megatrailers or 45’ units, and 60’ container wagons which are suitable for 20’ and 30’ containers.
Ekol now has block trains connecting Trieste with Kiel, Trieste with Cologne, Trieste with Ludwigshafen, Trieste with Ostrava and Sete with Paris. The Turkey-based company operates 48 dedicated block trains per week and is looking to develop more intermodal connections in Europe.