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More parcels on the rails: Deutsche Bahn wants to expand the transport network

DB and DHL want to move more parcel shipments by rail.

Berlin (dpa-AFX) – The corona crisis has accelerated the trend towards online shopping once again: for the first time, the mark of four billion parcels sent was cracked last year – that was almost 11% more than in the previous year, like that The latest survey by the Federal Association of Parcel and Express Logistics (Biek) revealed. Deutsche Bahn now wants to bring more of these parcels onto the rails.

The vast majority of consignments are transported by road: 64.4 million tons of them were transported by trucks last year –

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