Method for transshipping load carriers between road and rail

A method for transshipping load carriers, in particular swap bodies and ISO containers, between road and rail, having a loading station comprising:

• at least one platform for temporarily storing a series of load carriers in the longitudinal direction of the platform;
• at least one road for trucks to drive up on one side of the platform;
• and
• at least one track for a train to drive up on the other side of the platform, the method comprising:
• providing the train for being loaded with load carriers at predetermined points along its longitudinal extension;
• informing the loading station and/or an operator of the loading station before the train drives up regarding the points of the train provided for loading by load carriers,
• wherein a plurality of trucks drive up to the platform one after the other via the road and in each case transferring at least one load carrier to sections of the platform corresponding to the points of the train to be loaded in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of the platform;
• temporarily storing the load carriers transferred from the trucks to the platform at the sections of the platform corresponding to the points of the train to be loaded until the train drives up,
• wherein the train is driven up to the platform and stopped next to the platform;
• and
• transferring in each case the temporarily stored load carriers to the stopped train at points of the train provided for loading by load carriers in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of the platform.