{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Rolling highway","description":"When a complete truck – tractor unit, driver, and load – travels by rail over a long-distance segment, the service is called a rolling highway (RoLa). The driver steers the vehicle onto low-floor rail wagons at a loading ramp, rides in a passenger car attached to the train, and resumes driving at the destination terminal. As a form of accompanied intermodal transport, the rolling highway is primarily deployed where road access is politically or geographically constrained, most notably on transal","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/rolling-highway","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T19:47:21.746834","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoLa","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/rolling-highway","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Rolling highway · When a complete truck – tractor unit, driver, and load – travels by rail over a long-distance segment, the service is called a rolling highway (RoLa). · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoLa"}