In 2024, the number of combined transport shipments in Europe recorded a growth of +5.2% on the previous year. It has announced the Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) in assembly of the association, specifying that the combined transport performance in terms of tonne-kilometres have increased more accentuated by +8.4%.

UIRR explained that in 2024 the performance of transport combined European have proved to be exceptionally positive thanks to to the all-time record of national services (+10.6%), driven by mainly from the results in France and Poland and thanks to shipments were not affected by interoperability issues and border crossing services, while the - affected differently depending on the corridor - recorded a smaller increase in the +2,7%. In particular, the corridors that cross Germany, mainly on the North-South axis, showed a performance weaker (-1.5%) due to the difficulties caused by the by the excessive number of construction sites on railway lines, aggravated by the from everyday accidents. Other corridors, not yet affected by infrastructure works, have recorded better results. The further growth of tonne-kilometres - he specified In addition, the association - is attributable to weight gain average of goods contained in the loading units Transported.