Which corridors should go truck–train–truck? Find out before you buy the swap bodies.
Corridor-level intermodal optimisation for long-haul road networks – where rail-ready (BDF) swap bodies pay off, and where they only add complexity.
Rising long-haul costs, directional imbalances and decarbonisation pressure make intermodal attractive on paper; the real value depends on corridor economics. This whitepaper shows how to compare truck-only and truck–train–truck paths on profit per working hour and CO₂, using results from flows between Northern Italy, Benelux, Germany and the UK.
What is inside
A three-step method: model revenue by origin–destination pair, simulate truck–train–truck alternatives, flag the high-value corridors.
Results: +16.8% profit per order and +47% profit per working hour on a dominant northbound corridor; +8.2% average across all OD pairs.
Around 222 tonnes of CO₂ avoided per year by shifting ~611,000 km to rail for a 65-truck fleet.
Four design principles for planners – and how to redirect swap-body investment to the lanes where cross-docking consistently wins.
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