Rolling highway

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In rail transportation, a rolling highway or rolling road is a form of combined transport involving the conveying of road trucks by rail, referred to as Ro-La or ROLA trains (from the German expression "Rollende Landstrasse"). The concept is a form of piggyback transportation.

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