DB Cargo Eurasia just established a new subsidiary headquartered in Shanghai, China. The company named DB Cargo Transasia is set...DB Cargo Eurasia booms business with new China company
In the Netherlands, local residents have made another attempt to stop the construction of Rail Terminal Gelderland. On Thursday, they...Residents in the Netherlands object to new rail terminal Gelderland
A comparative review conducted by the European Court of Auditors identified that the EU policies are still quite weak when...EU still lags in implementing major infrastructure projects
In RailFreight Live this week: Duisport, VIIA and the UIRR
With the climate goals of the EU, combined transport is in the spotlight. It is the low-hanging fruit, the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) has repeatedly said, the solution to accomplish carbon-neutral transport....Read more
METRANS: our German network is growing
METRANS gets also Germany covered. “Our network there is still growing, also in Germany”, said Petr Lanka, CCO at the intermodal operator. The latest addition was the terminal of Gernsheim last year. But this does...Read more
Sugar sweet success for DC Rail
After a few bumps along the way, independent UK operator DCRail and East Anglian road haulier Rory J Holbrook work together to bring a new bulk flow to the railways. Even though it’s a foodstuff...Read more
No trains from China stop in Lithuania anymore
In recent months, the situation between Lithuania and China created many questions regarding rail freight transport between the two countries. Contradicting information said that rail traffic between the two countries will stop. Currently, China-Europe trains...Read more
New German government wants to invest in rail before road
The new German government coalition will invest “considerably more in the railways than in the roads”. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, including plans to lower infrastructure...Read more
Not enough tracks? This Dutch freight train runs on a metro line
For the first time in the Netherlands, a freight train ran on a metro rail track. Specifically, this metro line is the Hoekse Lijn between Schiedam and the Vulkaanhaven industrial site near Rotterdam. This is...Read more
Freight train capacity doubles to Port of Liverpool
The UK government has announced that final works on the 8,3 million pounds (9,2 million euros) Bootle branch rail line upgrade have been completed. The works deliver a doubling of freight train capacity to and...Read more
Rock and Rail: 8,000 tonnes of ‘rock armour’ to protect UK line against floods
An increase in extreme weather over the past two years has seen several washouts on the Marches Line in the UK, causing short notice closures of up to seven days. To minimise future disruption and...Read more
More money invested in roads than rail, is this the modal shift?
Railways are constantly hailed as the future for sustainable mobility, and leaders stumble over each other to say that we need a shift to rail. But when looking at the investments that were made in...Read more
New player enters Russian infrastructure service market
Sinara Transport Machines Holding (STM) established a new railway infrastructure division to offer infrastructure maintenance services in Russia starting from 2022. Russian Railways will be the new company’s primary customer, but it aims to expand...Read more
Can a study succeed and change rail freight forever?
FERRMED published a study on traffic and modal shift optimisation in the EU. The study presents very interesting proposals on how rail freight can meet the 30 per cent by 2030 modal share. Among them...Read more
Freight objections to passengers in Wales
A much-improved passenger service connecting communities in Wales and England may not go ahead unless a solution can be found to accommodate rail freight. Despite new trains already on delivery, willingness from the devolved government...Read more
Metrans trains between Hungary and Romania are on the move
Metrans has successfully launched its new connection between Hungary and Romania. Three days per week a blocktrain moves between Budapest and Arad, in both directions. It is one of the new services that Metrans launched...Read more