The UK train battery programme is running out of juice, according to the House of Lords. While freight is being...Criticism for train battery programme in UK
Maersk has done it again. It launched a weekly intermodal rail service in Bulgaria connecting the port of Burgas with...Big companies turn to rail, this time in Bulgaria
The first direct rail freight connection between Vietnam and Belgium is a fact. The train already made two departures on...Direct Vietnam-Belgium train promises to become regular
Track access charges increase in Ukraine triggers reverse modal shift
Ukrainian Railways has increased the track access charges for rail freight operations, and the country’s sector reacts. Compared to passenger rail, the disproportionate price increase is estimated to impact the country’s modal shift and prices...Read more
Northern France railway reopening offers an alternative to North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor
The Artère Nord Est, a rail connection in northern France, is operational again. The connection is part of the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor in France and offers alternatives for Belgian rail transport between the Flemish seaports...Read more
First Budapest-Xi’an eastbound train is on its way
The first Budapest-Xi’an return train departed on 21 July. It left from Budapest, the capital of Hungary, crossed the border with Ukraine through Zahony, and travelled through Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan before finally arriving in Xi’an....Read more
Thirty Rotterdam-Bavaria weekly trains set new shuttle record
The number of weekly trains between Rotterdam and Bavaria in southern Germany has grown from nine in 2019 to thirty in 2020. The increased number of trains means that the route capacity has also risen,...Read more
Attention! New regulation of food exporting to China is taking effect
From 1 January 2022, all overseas food producing, processing, and storage companies must be officially registered at the General Administration of Customs in China (GACC) to export food products to China. Under the regulation currently...Read more
GB Railfreight and Network Rail collaborate on engineering works
UK operator GB Railfreight has completed a GBP1.5 million (1.7m euros) upgrade to Eastleigh and Bescot Local Distribution Centres, covering the south and centre of England. The centres support engineering works on behalf of Network...Read more
More rail freight through Greece: is it feasible?
Could Greece become a rail freight gateway for intercontinental traffic to and from Europe? Some rail freight companies prove that this could be the case, while the industry still sees some obstacles.Read more
Icon of British railway scene commemorated by rail freight
London King’s Cross Power Signal Box, the epitome of the modernisation of the British railway scene in the 1970s, has passed into history. The closure of the signalling control box has been commemorated by the...Read more
High-speed flatcar will reduce Russia-China transit to seven days
Sinara Transport Machines Holding (STM) has developed a high-speed flatcar able to transport containers at a speed of 140 kilometres per hour. It is the latest addition to a series of high-speed rolling stock equipment...Read more
West Midlands Interchange in new hands
West Midlands Interchange, a planned terminal on the busy West Coast Main Line, has changed hands in a billion-pound deal (1.1 billion euros). A joint venture between Oxford Properties Group and Logistics Capital Partners will...Read more
New Silk Road gamechanger: container promises 30 per cent extra capacity
Laude Smart Intermodal S.A has designed a new high-capacity container: the 40’ SBOT. The Polish logistics company has explicitly developed the container for transportation between China and Europe. Its primary characteristic concerns the increase of...Read more
Belgium: more lines reopen, serious problems still occurring
The rail connections between Gembloux and Namur and Pepinster and Welkenraedt are open again as of the morning of 26 July. The line restoration and reopening go according to Infrabel’s plan despite the continuously occurring...Read more
Flood aftermath: Infrabel in search for alternative routes on the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor
Last week’s flood disaster, which damaged large parts of the Wallonian railway in Belgium, also paralysed the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor. Infrabel examines alternative routes for the strategic rail freight corridor, but the options are very...Read more