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New intermodal logistics platform for Alcazar de San Juan
03/01/2011
January 3, 2011
The Minister of public works, José Blanco, the President of Castile - La Mancha, José María Barreda, and the Mayor of Alcazar of San Juan (Ciudad Real), José Fernando Sánchez Bódalo, signed a protocol of collaboration for the development of an intermodal logistics platform in Alcazar de San Juan for the promotion of rail transport of goods.
The agreement is part of the Strategic Plan for the momentum of the rail transport of goods in Spain and main purpose is to promote the carriage of goods by rail and on the development of intermodality, to thus obtain a more balanced and sustainable transport system.
Thus, the new intermodal terminal is part of the basic network of goods defined in the strategic plan, which will make it possible to increase the market share of rail in the movements of loads in Spain, to integrate it fully into the logistics chain. Alcazar de San Juan terminal will act as a genuine logistics centre with capacity to generate value added to the transport, with particular attention to the road and rail access, as well as to its interior design, to reduce operating costs and maneuvers
