Consulting services for companies

Free initial consultation

The free initial consultation is aimed at

• Companies with their own siding that require support in maintaining or expanding their infrastructure or want to make the siding available to third-party users
• Companies without a siding that want to use rail as a mode of transport in the future, either by setting up their own rail access or by using (public) loading points/tracks or combined transport facilities.

The initial consultation is carried out by an external specialist office from the Hannover Region. The costs for the initial consultation are borne by the Hannover Region.

As there are major interregional links, particularly in combined transport, companies from neighboring districts can also take advantage of this advisory service to a limited extent and in justified cases.

The offer is intended as "coaching" - i.e. help for self-help - and cannot replace business consulting with profitability calculations.

Coaching content

Companies learn, among other things,

• which infrastructures exist or can be created to provide access to the rail mode of transport in the Hannover Region,
• which logistics service providers are active in rail freight transport and can organize the pre- and onward carriage in combined transport (road/rail transhipment) and
• which subsidies may be available.

The aim is to identify alternatives and supplementary options to truck transportation and to encourage more traffic to be shifted from truck to rail. This means maintaining the remaining rail sidings, expanding the range of combined transport services and increasing the volume of goods transported by single wagonload and combined transport.

In 2017, the Hannover Region Economic Development Agency commissioned a study to determine the potential for shifting freight traffic from truck to rail. You can find the results here .