en.Wedoany.com Reported - Timber freight has recently returned to the Falkenhagen station in Brandenburg, with the latest operation lasting 11 hours, transshipping approximately 1,426 tons of timber from trucks to a 600-meter-long unit train.

The train consisted of 23 wagons, each carrying about 62 tons, with cargo loaded directly from road vehicles without the need for additional shunting operations. The train traveled from Falkenhagen in Brandenburg to Lauterbach, covering a distance of approximately 1,046 kilometers.

According to the station operator Schieneninfrastruktur Prignitz (SIP), one timber train can replace about 65 truck trips (excluding empty return journeys). The timber comes from the Ruhne Mountain region, transported by road from the forest to the station's loading track, after which a freight railway company handles the rail transport.

Timber loading in Falkenhagen resumed in mid-May, when the first train in about a decade was handled. The latest operation at the end of June was the second timber project completed within a few weeks. Loading was carried out by TUL agroservice using a mobile excavator, with SIP providing the siding and station infrastructure.

SIP Managing Director Marvin Guthtke stated that the reactivation of timber loading demonstrates the operational capability of the Falkenhagen station, with the infrastructure able to handle such rail freight flows without complex station shunting. More timber trains are planned in the coming months, and the station can also handle containers, bulk goods, vehicles, and palletized cargo.