Your challenge

01.

You want to accurately monitor your daily flows to/from France and you’re looking for a single point of contact for efficient reporting.

02.

You want to make your transport chain greener, and you’re looking for a partner who can help you limit the environmental impact of your shipments.

03.

You’re looking for a partner who can provide a tailored logistics solution and proactively support you in the delivery of your goods, your production capacity and warehousing, and your orders.

04.

You’re looking for a partner who constantly strives to optimise your handling costs, reduce vehicle turnaround times and mitigate risk.

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Why you should work with us ?

In-house and with our partners, we provide daily shuttles to destinations throughout the European continent. Whatever your volumes (single wagons, groups of wagons or TM), we strive to reserve capacity on our shuttles to make your shipments reliable. Thanks to our expertise and partnerships, we offer the possibility of connecting a large number of destinations in Europe.

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GOOD REASON TO WORK WITH US

Thanks to our regular lines and our partnerships throughout Europe, we connect France to a large part of Europe (from Sweden to Romania, from the Netherlands to Poland, the Czech Republic, etc.). Our dedicated multilingual team

will support you throughout the transport process, providing you with daily monitoring and performance reports, as well as alternatives in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

Expertises

Our services

Forwardnet provides a flexible rail shuttle system connecting France, Germany and key European industrial regions.

  • Our network is structured around two major hubs in Krefeld and Rheinkamp, enabling efficient consolidation and redistribution of wagons across Germany and Europe.

 

  • The Mosel Express shuttle connects Woippy – Cologne – Neuss – Krefeld – Rheinkamp, with up to 6 round trips per week, ensuring regular and reliable cross-border rail flows.

 

  • From these hubs, Forwardnet provides connections to major industrial regions including the Ruhr area, the Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania

 

  • The network is fully integrated with major European single wagon systems, including DB Cargo, Hexafret and Rail Cargo Austria, allowing extended coverage across Europe.

 

  • Forwardnet also offers door-to-door logistics solutions, including rail transport, transshipment and truck delivery where required.

 

  • Our shuttle trains operate with optimised technical capacities, with train lengths up to 690 meters and loads up to 2,200 tons, ensuring efficient wagon transport.

 

  • Customers benefit from daily Track & Trace, railway documentation (CIM/CUV), wagon capacity booking and operational monitoring, guaranteeing reliability and transparency.

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Our Lines

Forwardnet operates several dedicated shuttle services linking major industrial zones and rail logistics hubs.

Mosel Express

Route:
Woippy – Cologne – Neuss – Krefeld – Rheinkamp

Frequency:

  • 6 round trips per week

  • Woippy ↔ Krefeld: 5x weekly (Monday–Friday)

  • Woippy ↔ Cologne: 4x weekly

  • Woippy ↔ Rheinkamp: 3x weekly (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

  • Woippy ↔ Hagen: 2x weekly (Tuesday, Saturday)

  • Woippy ↔ Neuss: 1–2x weekly on demand

Technical capacity:

  • Maximum train weight: 2,200 tons

  • Maximum train length: 690 m


Geleen Express

Route:
Cologne – Geleen / Born

Frequency:

  • 4 round trips per week (Monday, Wednesday–Friday)

Technical capacity:

  • Maximum train weight:

    • 2,000 tons northbound

    • 1,400 tons southbound

  • Maximum train length: 600 m


Dormagen Express

Route:
Krefeld – Dormagen / Leverkusen

Frequency:

  • 3 round trips per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

Technical capacity:

  • Maximum train weight: 1,800 tons

  • Maximum train length: 615 m

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Lines Primary & Secondary Networks

The Forwardnet network is structured around two key hubs:

Krefeld

Central hub providing connections to:

  • Dormagen

  • Leverkusen

  • Hagen

  • Marl Hüls

  • Oberhausen

Rheinkamp

Major routing hub allowing distribution toward:

  • Northern Germany

  • Scandinavian networks

  • International partner rail systems

Köln (Cologne)

Gateway hub providing links to:

  • Antwerp

  • Rotterdam

  • Geleen / Born

  • Offenbach

  • Eastern Germany (Buna, Bitterfeld)

These hubs allow the efficient distribution of wagons across regional industrial clusters and international corridors.

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OUR FIGURES

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trains/week between France and Germany

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wagons transported every year

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ISO 9001 and SQAS certified

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Industry :

Industrial and consumer goods

Ligne roset

Oil / Gas / Chemicals

Rapeseed oil

Agri-food

A greener transport

Waste & recycling

Refinery residues

Agri-food

Agriculture

Waste & recycling

Household waste

Oil / Gas / Chemicals

Yellow Phosphorus

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