Not enough tracks? This Dutch freight train runs on a metro line
For the first time in the Netherlands, a freight train ran on a metro rail track. Specifically, this metro line is the Hoekse Lijn between Schiedam and the Vulkaanhaven industrial site near Rotterdam. This is not a one-time event, since as ProRail announced, freight trains will start running frequently in the metro route.
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Sounds a bit like the CarGoTram in Dresden, Germany.
Not really, as the CargoTram has dedicated rolling stock, but it is a conventional freight train with locomotive and wagons.