CargoBeamer

It involves specially designed pallets which can be carried on a road trailer; the pallets are fitted on top of flatcars but can slide sideways to allow trucks to drive on and off smoothly at intermodal terminals.

[3] Since July 2021, the first full CargoBeamer terminal is available to the public transport market in Calais, France.

[4] The company advertises several routes:[5] The first full CargoBeamer terminal was opened in Calais in July 2021 with a first connection to Perpignan in Southern France.

[6] In March 2021, CargoBeamer announced the purchase of a railyard in Domodossola, Italy.

The site was chosen to serve as the second terminal location entirely equipped with the CargoBeamer handling technology.

First CargoBeamer train on the Gotthard railway line , April 2015, pulled by BLS Cargo
The CargoBeamer terminal in Calais in operation. One can see the horizontal movement of the semi-trailers, which were loaded onto the special CargoBeamer pallets.
CargoBeamer test terminal Leipzig , Germany
Fully automated loading procedure of a semi-trailer in the CargoBeamer test terminal Leipzig , Germany
Loading procedure of semi-trailer onto a CargoBeamer rail wagon by reach stacker
CargoBeamer train between Lithuania and Germany , May 2020