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Amazon hasannounceda new pilot software system delivery service in Frankfurt , Germany , that meshes electric route and rail transport .
The e - commerce giant will use vans from its pitch depot to the first tram stop on the outskirts of Frankfurt , with the metropolis ’s new Gütertram service transporting the goods to awaiting consignment bikes . Gütertram constitutes part of aresearch project fromFrankfurt University and the local municipality and fits with a broader Amazon enterprise to embrace trains . In April , the companysigned a logistics contractto use a runway connection to transmit goods between fulfilment centers in Germany and Italy .
Amazon has been pushing its green credential to countervariousdamning environmental report through the years , though last twelvemonth itabandonedplans to make one-half of its despatch carbon neutralby 2030 .
This is n’t the first time cable tramway have been repurposed for cargo in Europe . In Germany , Dresden operated theCarGoTramfor two decennium until its recent closure , while Deutsche Post DHLpiloted something similarin Schwerin , scrapping it less than two geezerhood after its 2022 launch .
