Characteristics of MARSHALLING YARD Antwerp North General information Owner property Terminal operator Contact Address Geographic coordinates Mode Modes served Opening hours Reachability/Location Handling of Transhipment goods Customs office available Services/specials Infrabel
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[email protected] Noorderlaan 630, 2030 Antwerp, Belgium long. 4.388702 – lat. 51.289179 ‐
Rail
Sun 10 pm to Sa 2 pm for C marshalling yard (continuous) and Mon 6 to Sat 2 pm for marshalling yard B The marshalling yard can be reached using either railway line 27 A (main access) which deviates from the railway line 12 (Antwerp – Rotterdam) or railway line 10 (passing through the new “Liefkenshoek” tunnel) which deviates from the railway line 59 at the left bank of the river “Scheldt”. L 12 and 59 are connected to the rest of the network. Port of Antwerp Last mile operator rail: AP ‐ Rail waggons
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Shunting by gravity of dangerous goods Infrastructure Parameter Handling capacity Storage capacity Portal cranes (number/load in t) Reach‐Stackers Other technical systems Rail tracks (number/usable length) Rail equipment Electrification 2000 waggons / 24 hours in each marshalling yard
No storage, all waggons in the marshalling yard are under transport contract None
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Radio‐operated locomotives required for automatic shunting only C‐marshalling yard: C1‐yard with 19 tracks (500 m – 670 m) for arrival of trains “single wagon load”, C2 yard with 56 tracks (600 m – 670 m) for formation of trains at departure B‐marshalling yard: B1‐yard with 11 tracks (600 m – 700 m) for arrival of trains “single wagon load”, B2‐yard with 40 tracks (750 m) for formation of trains at departure, B3‐yard with 16 tracks(600m‐ 700m) for departure of trains
Automatic retarders in both marshalling yards Yes, B1‐yard two‐sided, C1‐yard 16 tracks two‐sided, B2‐yard one sided (departure), C2 yard partially two‐sided, partially one‐sided Characteristics of MARSHALLING YARD Antwerp North IT infrastructure (departure), B3‐yard 8 tracks two‐sided and 8 tracks one sided (departure) ‐
Development/Special Features Railway connections with the local shunting yards nearby the docks and with the chemical companies and intermodal terminals in the port. Good position near the border with B/NL and B/D) and situated on 3 rail freight corridors Today situation (volume per year): B‐Yard: 79 963 waggons C1‐C2 Yard: 208 037 waggons and prognosis for 20xx): NA (logistical platform for…)