Intermodal Fastest Cheapest
The densest trans-Alpine shuttle, running through the Gotthard base tunnel on fully electrified track.
Crosses: DE → CH → IT
- Transit
- 2 d
- Departures
- 30/wk
- Indicative
- $900–$1,600
- CO₂ vs road
- −87%
1 rail service between Duisburg Intermodal Terminal in Germany and Milano Segrate in Italy. Fastest is 2 days; cheapest starts around $900.
Both facilities serve Standard (1435 mm), so a wagon can run through without transshipment or a bogie change. This is the cheap case: no gauge break means no mandatory stop and no handling cost between the two ends.
The densest trans-Alpine shuttle, running through the Gotthard base tunnel on fully electrified track.