• New operating concept since timetable change
• Eleven round trips per week between Ludwigshafen and Barcelona

(Frankfurt am Main, 15 December 2025)  With the 2025/2026 timetable change, Kombiverkehr KG is revamping its intermodal rail freight transport services between Germany and Spain. By introducing optimised direct train connections, higher traffic frequency and new consolidation points, the company is creating an even more flexible transport service for freight forwarders and logistics companies. ‘The new operating concept gives transport to Spain a new future. With a high-performance train service and our new terminal participation in Barcelona Morrot, we believe we are very well positioned to even better meet our customers' requirements for efficient and climate-friendly long-distance transport by rail,’ says Sébastien Eisner, Sales Manager Western European Transport, who is responsible for implementing the new operating concept.

Ludwigshafen KTL and Barcelona Morrot to become new consolidation locations
In future, Kombiverkehr will bundle all loading units for transport to Spain at two central hubs: Ludwigshafen KTL on the German side and Barcelona Morrot on the Spanish side. All rail transport to and from Spain will be efficiently consolidated and handled via these two terminal locations. The leaner processes are intended to ensure a more stable quality of service. Until now, the Frankfurt-based operator provided the services in cooperation with the participating railway companies in the form of multi-group trains, whose wagon groups were merged en route. This intermediate step has now been eliminated since the first trains departed last weekend.

Eleven round trips per week between Ludwigshafen and Barcelona
With eleven round trips per week between Ludwigshafen and Barcelona, Kombiverkehr is significantly expanding the main axis of its Spanish transport operations. The new concept offers customers significantly more flexibility in the exchange of goods between the Iberian Peninsula and Germany, as well as other European countries connected via gateway transport. In addition, new direct trains will run from Barcelona to Madrid and from Barcelona to Constanti, with three round trips per week in each direction. On the German side, Cologne-Eifeltor will also be closely integrated and will be directly connected to Ludwigshafen four times a week in each direction. ‘We will also continue to serve the Basque Country twice a week in both directions with our Ludwigshafen – Hendaye v.v. train service. The Antwerp – Madrid v.v. route will also remain an integral part of the network, with three round trips per week,’ said Eisner. Interested parties can find detailed information on all train departures online in the company's timetable information system.