The handling of freight trains at the Chinese-Kazakh border crossing of Khorgos-Altynkol has been reduced in time due to a...Freight handling at Chinese-Kazakh border now 30 times faster
The Portuguese Transport Ministry has published the tender for the civil work of the railway link from Ovar to Vilanova...Portugal to upgrade railway between Ovar and Gaia
A new route has been established between Kostanay in Kazakhstan and Herat in Afghanistan. A train loaded with flour departed...New agriculture railway line Kazakhstan-Afghanstan
New dedicated freight line on Catalonian coast of Spain
Spain will have a dedicated rail freight line with European gauge along the Catalonian coast. The Spanish Transport Ministry has decided to develop a new rail track from Castellbisbal, in the south of Barcelona province,...Read more
Midlands Rail Hub to create 36 extra freight paths
The railway network of the Midlands could carry 22 billion British pounds (24.7 billion Euros) worth of goods every year if the current infrastructure is upgraded. This was concluded in a report of Midlands Connect...Read more
Aurizon sale may not be possible, beer prices increase
Aurizon may be prevented from selling its terminal at Acacia Ridge to Pacific National due to concerns over a lack of competition. The alternative is closing the intermodal business, which will turn beer cargo to...Read more
DB Cargo sites powered by 100% renewable electricity
DB Cargo UK has announced that all its rail sites and offices will be powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity thanks to a three-year agreement with SSE Business Energy. Roger Neary, Head of Sales at...Read more
European Commission: ‘Merger of Alstom and Siemens may reduce competition’
The European Commission is concerned that the merger of Alstom and Siemens may reduce competition in the supply of several types of trains and signaling systems. It has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the...Read more
A tour through Iran as a rail freight transit country
Iran is strategically located to serve as a transit country on a variety of international rail freight corridors. Where does Iran stand today? Babak Ahmadi, Member of the Board of the Railways of the Iranian...Read more
Freight train of Rio Tinto delivers first load of iron
Rio Tinto has achieved a significant milestone with the first delivery of iron ore by an autonomous train in Pilbara, Western Australia. The self-driving freight train travelled over 280 kilometres from Rio Tinto’s mining operations...Read more
Rollout ERTMS in the Netherlands costs extra billion Euros
An additional billion Euros is needed for the rollout of European Traffic Control System ERTMS in the Netherlands. These are the costs for the rollout in the time period 2030-2050, said Dutch Secretary of State...Read more
New railway line to link Argentine oil deposit with Atlantic coast
Argentina´s government is going to develop a new railway line linking the oil deposit of Vaca Muerta in Neuquen and the Atlantic Port of Ingeniero White, 660 kilometres far from Buenos Aires. The train on...Read moreSpanish regional governments inject 150 million Euros in Mediterranean Corridor
The regional governments of Valencia and Aragon have agreed to co-invest around 150 million Euros to build several sections of the railway line between Zaragoza and Sagunto. This railway line connects the Mediterranean Corridor with...Read more