Hupac is expanding its intermodal transport offering along the transalpine corridor and opening a new service on the Germany-Spain axis. Since mid-June 2026, the service between the Antwerp HTA terminal and Busto A.-Gallarate, routed via France, has doubled from two to four weekly round trips. The Swiss operator specialising in unaccompanied combined transport has thus increased its total weekly round trips between Antwerp and Busto Arsizio to 20, spread across two routes.
Six round trips link the Antwerp Combinant terminal with Busto Arsizio via Germany, while the remaining 14 operate between Antwerp HTA and Busto Arsizio: ten via Germany and, following the upgrade, four via France. The increase on the French route forms part of Hupac’s strategy to develop the corridor via Switzerland, an axis in which the company has long invested to expand its offering between the Belgian port and the intermodal hub in Lombardy. The company says the strengthening of this route is intended to increase operational flexibility across the entire corridor and provide customers with more reliable and resilient transport solutions, in a context where the availability of alternative routes is becoming increasingly important for the continuity of European logistics chains.
In addition to the upgrade on the Belgium-Italy route, Hupac has announced the launch of a new service on the Germany-Spain axis. From 22 June 2026, the Duisburg-Barcelona connection will begin operating with three weekly round trips. The first departure from the Duisburg DGT terminal is scheduled for 22 June, while the first departure from Barcelona is set for 24 June. In the new service, the Barcelona Combiconnect terminal will play a strategic role in a Spanish intermodal market that Hupac describes as promising, acting as a rail hub between Spain and the rest of the continent and, according to the company, ensuring efficiency and stability for the connection. The network upgrade will increase available capacity, offering greater operational flexibility along the Germany-Spain corridor. The new service also enables gateway connections from Barcelona to Tarragona, Madrid and Seville, and from Duisburg to Schwarzheide, Buna and Brwinow, thereby expanding the network of destinations reachable at both ends of the route.
