{"id":234262,"date":"2025-06-12T18:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=63143"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:44:01","slug":"metrans-expands-its-terminal-in-gadki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=234262","title":{"rendered":"METRANS expands its terminal in G\u0105dki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It is a good week for rail freight terminals. After openings in Almaty, Aktau, Poti, Gda\u0144sk and Paris, a new expansion is now underway. This time, it is METRANS\u2019 G\u0105dki terminal, in western Poland, that is getting an upgrade.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-63143\"><\/span>With the expansion, METRANS seeks to boost its operational capacity, improve service efficiency and respond to the growing needs of its customers, the operator explains.<\/p>\n<p>METRANS outlines some tangible steps that it will take during the terminal modernisation. For example, G\u0105dki will get remote-controlled RMG portal cranes of the latest generation, a larger operational area, as well as longer and new tracks for 750-metre trains.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the terminal will get an expanded freight handling and storage zone. That will allow for crane handling. A new modern truck access gate with a parking lot for heavy trucks is also part of the package. METRANS expects the upgrade to complete in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin: 25px 0; line-height: 1.2;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); display: block; margin-bottom: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Gadki-terminal-reachstackers.jpg\" alt=\"Handling equipment in the G\u0105dki terminal\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #666; margin: 2px 0 0 0;\">Handling equipment in the G\u0105dki terminal. Image: \u00a9 METRANS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The G\u0105dki terminal<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, the G\u0105dki terminal boasts a 175,000 square metre terminal area and a storage capacity of 8,800 TEU. There are four rail tracks, of which one allows for 750-metre trains, the remaining three facilitate 630-metre trains. In terms of handling equipment, it currently has 10 reachstackers that can handle up to 45 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a good week for rail freight terminals. After openings in Almaty, Aktau, Poti, Gda\u0144sk and Paris, a new expansion is now underway. This\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17043,65,978,2832,47],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-234262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadki","category-intermodal","category-metrans","category-poland","category-rail-news","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234263,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234262\/revisions\/234263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}