Worksheet		A backbone for rail freight
			Eliminate a bottleneck in Basel

I Answer the questions:

1. What is the aim of the Rhine – Alpine corridor?

2. How are the volumes in Rotterdam and Antwerp expected to change?

a) railways' share
b) barge traffic
c) road traffic's share

3. What is the most intensely used road in Switzerland? Prove it with an example from the text.

4. What could happen on the road by the year 2030?

5. What are the two possible solutions to remedy (leevendama) the problem?

II Find a word in the text to match the following definitions. Say how the expression is used in the text.

1. the percentage of carriages using a particular mode of transportation  ............................................

2. a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains  and where engines, carriages etc. are kept when not in use ..............................................................................................

3. a rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run .....................................

4. to improve the quality, value, or performance of something ............................................................

5. it has to be finished in 2022 .............................................................................................................

6. three modes of service (road, rail and waterway) are linked and can be combined for the transport of freight as needed ...............................................................................................................................

7. the junction (on the same level) of 2 or more roads either meeting or crossing. It may be three-way T junction or Y junction, four-way ( a crossroads), or have five or more arms ..........................

8. to accept the responsibility for sharing the extra costs ......................................................................