Countdown starts for digital edition of Track Access Charges Summit 2020
The allocation of track access charges is an area of intense debate in the rail sector, especially now that COVID-19 is affecting rail transportation. Tomorrow, on 14 and 15 October during the Track Access Charges...Read more
Latvia and Estonia officially part of North Sea-Baltic corridor
Latvia and Estonia have officially joined the North Sea-Baltic corridor on Monday 12 October 2020. With that, the connection to Riga and Tallinn has become part of the European rail freight corridor network. This extension...Read more
This is what concerns the sector across all transport modes
Representatives from the road, air, maritime, rail, manufacturing and logistics sectors call on European decision makers to adopt an EU framework on the governance of business-to-business (B2B) data that ensures a level playing field for...Read more
‘I’ve been the railway man in Brussels for 15 years, it’s time for a change’
He has represented the railway industry in Brussels since 2006, and was involved with rail since he started working. After nine years as the Executive Director of CER, Libor Lochman decided that it is time...Read more
Global rail technology market has survived COVID-19 pandemic
The global market for rail technology has survived the COVID-19 pandemic relatively unscathed. Despite a slump of 8 per cent in 2020, the expectation is that the market will grow with 2.3 per cent annually...Read more
‘Transport sector has helped the UK survive, now it should be rewarded’
The contribution the transport sector to help the UK battle through the coronavirus crisis must be rewarded by the government. This was argued by the outspoken secretary general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime...Read more
Rail freight companies want Berlin to ‘hear the signal’
Rail freight industry players held the first ever demonstration on rails in Berlin yesterday, 28 September. They demonstrated against the state aid of the German government for Deutsche Bahn. Organised by the Network of European...Read more
Safeguard opportunities for rail freight, says Logistics UK
The representative body for UK’s freight transport industry, Logistics UK, has called for the government to deliver a new deal for rail freight. This comes in response to the effective end to rail franchise arrangements...Read more
Alberto Mazzola elected as new CER executive director
Alberto Mazzola was unanimously elected as new executive eirector of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) by the CER General Assembly on 21 September. He will succeed the current Executive Director Libor...Read more
After Rotterdam Declaration, EU rail freight signs Berlin Declaration
Following the Rotterdam Declaration signed in 2016, the European rail freight industry today signed the Berlin Declaration. This is a renewed ministerial declaration, showing the commitment of the EU Member States to support international rail...Read more
UK ends franchising passenger traffic, what does it mean for freight?
The UK government has announced this morning that it will support the passenger network for at least the next 18 months. This means that it is officially renationalising the railways, doing away with the franchising...Read more
Belarus announces border closure with Poland and Lithuania
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that Belarus will close its borders with Poland and Lithuania and strengthen border controls with Ukraine. Three weeks ago he threatened to impose economic sanctions on Lithuania by diverting...Read more
Dutch railways get 1.4 billion extra for track maintenance
Over the next two years, an extra 700 million euros will be invested in the Dutch railway network. This allows infrastructure manager ProRail to solve problems on the Harbour Line, as well as the hill...Read more
Now official: track access charges may be waived during pandemic
Member States of the European Union may waive or reduce track access charges to support railway undertakings during the pandemic. The European Parliament voted in favor of this new regulation earlier today. Railway companies are...Read more
Graffiti clean up demanded by UK transport minister
UK transport minister Grant Shapps is unhappy with the defaced state of the national rail network. He has written to Andrew Haines, the managing director of Network Rail, calling for greater efforts to reduce vandalism...Read more
Antwerp: a multimodal freight village for chemical industry
The port of Antwerp should become a multimodal logistics hub with innovative rail solutions for the chemical industry. A new automated pallet loading system for trains is one such solutions. Those are the conclusions of...Read more