Munich · Riem transhipment station

A train in the terminal (riding along, key F)

1. 01

   arriving

2. 02

   being loaded

3. 03

   departing

What is shown – why – for whom

Facilities and areas in the model

• Riem transhipment station

  About 350,000 loading units capacity; gantry cranes move containers between train, yard and truck.

• A94 motorway

  Towards the city the carriageway narrows: with high demand or snow, traffic backs up (model).

• Truck gate

  Trucks collect and deliver containers – first and last leg by road.

Processes in the model

How a rail-road terminal can use the model

• Operations and planning

  Consumer demand acts on 53 % of the volume here. When it rises, you see yard, gate and A94 fill up; a rail strike leaves the trains standing.

  Pour quiTerminal operations, planning, logistics companies

• Onboarding and training

  Ride along with key F: a container train being loaded, a truck from the gate to the loading point, a vehicle in the A94 tailback. One line says what is happening.

  Pour quiNew staff, dispatch, trainees

• Local authorities and economic development

  How do containers from the seaports reach Munich? The model shows the route via Lehrte to the truck gate – and the tailback it can cause on the A94.

  Pour quiCity, region, economic development, chambers

• Schools, universities, museums

  What is a rail–road transhipment station? Crane, train, yard and truck stand in one place – also as a demo without anyone at the controls.

  Pour quiSchools, universities, museums and exhibitions

• Public communication

  The ‘Rail strike’ scenario shows at four times the speed how trains stand still and stocks pile up when rail fails a big city – and one tap brings back today.

  Pour quiPublic relations, associations

What you can change

What the model gives a rail-road terminal

• 01

  Rail and road in one place

  Train, crane, yard and truck run at the same time. You see where the container switches from rail to road.

• 02

  The end of a long chain

  The supply chain from Hamburg ends here, after its train-to-train transfer at Lehrte.

• 03

  Disruptions without damage

  Rail strike, snow and ice hit this site hardest. Trigger them, then return to today.

• 04

  Site and map in one model

  Throughput, stock and utilisation are the same figures as on the Germany map, shown with live values in the site profile.

• 05

  For visits and big screens

  Runs in the browser and on large projections, with a demo that starts without anyone at the controls.

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  Kornwestheim · intermodal terminal and marshalling yard

  A freight station and combined-transport terminal as a walkable model: gantry cranes between train and truck, a marshalling yard that re-forms freight trains, and car trains for export.

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  Lehrte · MegaHub

  A train-to-train transfer facility as a walkable model: six tracks of 720 m each, three gantry cranes, driverless transporters – and freight trains regrouped without shunting.

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  Hamburg · Container Terminal Altenwerder

  An automated container terminal as a walkable model: up to 14 container gantries, driverless transport vehicles, the block yard, a rail station for trains up to 740 m and the truck gate.

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  Großbeeren · freight village Berlin South

  The freight village on the Berlin ring as a walkable model: distribution centres for retail and food, an intermodal terminal for goods from Hamburg, and the expressway the capital’s supply depends on.

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  Germany · freight flows and nodes

  All of Germany as a map of blocks: 27 nodes, 55 freight flows as bands of light, eleven bottlenecks with traffic lights. Controls, seasons, disruptions and ten scenarios change every flow at once, compared with today.

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  Bremerhaven · car terminal and river quay

  Bremerhaven as a walkable model: almost five kilometres of river quay for the largest container ships, straddle carriers, car trains and parking for about 95,000 vehicles at the mouth of the Weser.

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  Wilhelmshaven · JadeWeserPort and LNG terminal

  Germany’s only deep-water port as a walkable model: the container quay on the Jade with straddle carriers and rail, plus the floating LNG terminal, a tank farm and the crude-oil pipeline to the refineries.

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  Duisburg · logport I (Rheinhausen)

  A trimodal inland port on the Rhine as a walkable model: Rhine barges with sea containers from Rotterdam, gantries and yard, trains to the south, Eastern Europe and Asia, trucks into the region.