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Coop, a large retailer in Switzerland, has opened a rail hub in Zurich Hardfeld, which will be used to supply over 70 outlets in the city. Trains will be used to transport goods from their distribution centre in Schafisheim, which has an existing rail connection. The last mile from their new hub in Zurich will be taken over by "environmentally friendly trucks".

Für die Feinverteilung in die Verkaufsstellen kommen schrittweise umweltfreundlichere Lastwagen zum Einsatz.

The result will be an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions, as this would save 58000 truck journeys in and out of the city. This would also reduce traffic congestion.

Discovered by Matthias Wiesmann on Mastodon.

As a side note, Coop also acquired RailCare in 2010, which provides rail transport for their outlets among other retailers in Switzerland.

Chick-fil-A's distribution centre at Union Pacific's Prime Pointe Industrial Park in Dallas, Texas, is ready to receive hash browns, waffle fries and other tasty potato products via rail from Oregon. According to Union Pacific's press release, the distribution facility will serve 200 stores in the area, receiving an average of size rail cars a day, offsetting the equivalent of "100 long-haul trucks off the road each week."

The potato products I assume are produced by Lamb Weston's located by Union Union Pacific's Portland Subdivision railway line that runs along the Columbia River in Oregon.