Freight sidings in Buxton, a city in Peak District will be extended to allow longer freight trains to operate across...Freight sidings in UK’s Buxton prepared for longer trains
The Chinese market is welcoming western products with open arms; the opportunities for traders are plenty. This is the message...Chengdu on the lookout for western products
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has commissioned an independent investigation into the safety culture at Kijfhoek, the main classification yard of...Measures to improve safety at Dutch classification yard Kijfhoek
Ekol to ship Regatta’s fashion to almost every country in Europe
Ekol Logistics is to expand its delivery network of outdoor clothing manufactured by Regatta to include almost every country in Europe. This is part of the second stage of cooperation with the fashion company. “As of...Read more
New freight section to dive under UK’s East Coast Main Line
A Network Rail proposal to construct a new section of railway underneath the East Coast Main Line has been approved by the Secretary of State for Transport in the UK. The new line will link...Read more
Adif to build a new rail freight track in Osorno
The Spanish infrastructure manager Adif will construct a complementary rail track at the railway siding of Osorno, in the northern province of Palencia. It will handle 750-metre length trains in the railway service from Palencia...Read more
Ground work laid for longer trains and next generation bogies in EU
TheShift2Rail project Dynafreight has resulted in the groundwork for regular operations of long freight trains up to 1,500 metres in Europe. Moreover, it paved the way for the creation of the next generation of bogies...Read more
Tunisia to acquire 60 Chinese rail cars
Tunisian Railways has received sixty Chinese-made rail cars dedicated to transporting cereals. These wagons will be used to transport grain in two rail freight services; one connectingTunis with Bizerte (north) and another linking Tunis and...Read more
PKP Cargo may produce rolling stock fueled by hydrogen
Polish operator PKP Cargo and coal mining company JSW are studying the possibilities of using hydrogen as fuel to power trains. New types of shunting locomotives and freight wagons could be powered by hydrogen fuel. The...Read more
Trial rail freight service between Tilburg and Changsha
GVT and Hunan Xiangou Express Co will run a test train from Changsha in China to Tilburg in the Netherlands, departing on the 16th of August. The freight train will arrive seventeen days later in...Read more
How PKP Cargo expands its business on the Baltic-Adriatic corridor
PKP Cargo is negotiating a partnership with Mercitalia Rail to improve cooperation on the Baltic-Adriatic corridor between Wroclaw and Tarvisio. It is the latest in a series of attempts to improve access to the Adriatic...Read more
Rail freight sector not ready for 4th Railway Package
When asked whether people were aware of the changes that will be introduced from June 2019 with the implementation of the 4th Railway Package, half of the respondents answered negatively. The survey was carried out...Read more
Surge of international freight traffic in the Netherlands
In 2017, more than 41 million tonnes of goods in total were transported by rail from, to and within the Netherlands. Over 93 per cent of this volume was loaded and/or unloaded abroad. This means...Read more