{"id":77490,"date":"2024-07-02T19:33:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=54009"},"modified":"2024-07-02T19:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:33:15","slug":"trucks-to-move-onto-the-rail-as-madrid-valencia-rolling-highway-takes-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=77490","title":{"rendered":"Trucks to move onto the rail as Madrid \u2013 Valencia rolling highway takes off"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Madrid – Valencia rolling highway has launched. Tramesa and Transitalia worked on the development of the route for more than five years. After testing the route, they opened it on Sunday 30 June.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The rolling highway between Madrid and Valencia is now operational, says logistics operator Tramesa’s general director, Jes\u00fas Calvo, in Spanish media. An official inauguration is reportedly still awaiting.<\/p>\n

The project, championed by Tramesa and their Italian counterpart Transitalia, is supposed to take trucks off the road and move them via rail. The rolling highway particularly focuses on semi-trailers coming from Italy through the Genoa port. Trucks that would typically continue via the road towards Madrid are now taken off the road and loaded onto a train instead. More than ten thousand trains are supposed to be removed from the road on an annual basis.<\/p>\n

In the days preceding the launch, Tramesa and Transitalia circulated a test train on the route. Prior to that, the companies tested loading and unloading with the gantry and the Valencia port dock.<\/p>\n

The video below shows a test run of the Madrid – Valencia rolling highway published by Tramesa<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n