12. Cost of Materials
in € thousand |
2015 |
2014 |
||
Raw materials, consumables and supplies |
90,106 |
93,077 |
||
Purchased service |
271,594 |
303,578 |
||
|
361,700 |
396,655 |
The expenses for purchased services mainly consist of rail services purchased by the Intermodal segment. These expenses were reduced by the expansion of the company’s own traction since the beginning of 2015 with the acquisition of additional locomotives.
Traction
The action of a locomotive pulling a train.