The railway line between the French city of Belfort and Bienne in Switzerland was reopened on 6 December after more...Old train service between France and Switzerland reopened
Czech freight operator Advanced World Transport (AWT), subsidiary of Polish PKP Cargo, has purchased Slovenian transport company Primol-Rail. The deal...PKP Cargo strengthens business on Baltic-Adriatic corridor
Ukrainian Railways has entered into service the first US-made TE33A Trident freight diesel locomotive. The railway company has already received...New US-made locomotive delivered first freight in Ukraine
Train path capacity Europe can be offered more efficiently
Train path capacity on the core network corridors in Europe can be offered in a much more efficient and attractive manner. A single, digital system called the C-OSS should facilitate this. However, there is only...Read more
Siemens Digital Logistics merges with Locom Software
Siemens Digital Logistics and Locom Software have completed their corporate merger on 14 December. Effective immediately, these consolidated companies are operating under the brand name Siemens Digital Logistics, which is the legal successor firm of...Read more
Nunner acquires stake in Chinese rail service provider Tiedada
Dutch logistics service provider Nunner has acquired a share in Tiedada, a Chinese fully digitized rail service provider. With the partnership they aim to make Tiedada the leading party on the New Silk Road. The Letter...Read more
Rail Freight Forward coalition signed in Katowice
On Friday 14 December, the Rail Freight Forward coalition was launched in Katowice, Poland. This is a coalition of European rail freight companies committed to reducing the negative impact of freight transport on the planet....Read more
Russian Railways sets historical record of transit containers
Transit container traffic on Russian Railways’ network has set a historical record and overcame a mark of 500 thousand TEUs from the beginning of the year. This figure will surpass 1 million TEUs per year...Read more
LNG transport by road, rail and sea in pilot journey
A container filled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) has travelled over road, rail and sea between the Spanish enclave of Melilla in Morocco and Huelva, in mainland Spain. The pilot journey was carried out as...Read more
Adriatic Corridor open for high-cube cargo trains
Italian infrastructure manager RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) has upgraded the railway track between Bologna in the north and Lecce in the south, a vital line called the Adriatic Corridor. Thanks to the opening of the...Read more
New rail freight service between Italy and China
Rail freight operator Far East Land Bridge (FELB) is set to launch a new service between the intermodal terminal of Melzo (Milan) and Chengdu (Southeastern China) on 26 January. The service will transport goods without...Read more
Belarusian Railway extends use of digital documents in freight transportation
Belarusian Railway has implemented the electronic document in transit transportation of empty private freight wagons between Latvia and Russia via Belarus. The project allows for the use of digital documents with an electronic signature instead...Read more
Estimated Time of Arrival rail freight to become more accurate
It is up to the terminals now to present their valuable data regarding the arrival times of certain trains. This data is collected and combined with other Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) figures. Combined, they...Read more