change of scenery
Scottish oil refinery closure is mixed news for rail freight
Grangemouth. It’s not the prettiest town in Scotland. It is, however, a town that everyone in Scotland knows by name for just one thing: its…
commitment to freight
Freight to the fore in Great British Railways
Great British Railways, the proposed new overarching body for infrastructure and train management, is to have a statutory requirement to promote rail freight. That much…
aggregates train derailment
Manchester bridge back broken under aggregates train
One Manchester bridge is being replaced, while another has shattered under a freight train. Railway neighbours reported the sound of a building collapsing and fixtures…
Contraband on rail
Poland and Lithuania fight Belarusian smuggling: ‘State-owned enterprises may also be involved’
Poland and Lithuania are fighting cigarette smuggling on freight trains coming from their neighbour Belarus. The former seems to encounter a growing number of attempts…
Over 3000 signatures
PKP Cargo employees send board member packing
Trade unions have sent a board member home at PKP Cargo. The board member in question was responsible for representing employees, but thousands of workers…
Overextension
Russian loading shrinks by 6% in August, but not due to lack of demand
Loading on the Russian rail network has shrunk by six per cent in August, when compared to the same month last year. The cause of…
Track access charges
Free access for freight. Try before you buy from Network Rail.
The UK’s national infrastructure management agency has not quite put it that way. However, in a significant step towards modal shift, Network Rail has made…
Tidbit
The 19th-century Tehachapi loop, where trains can cross themselves
Built in 1876, the 1,17-kilometre Tehachapi loop is a hotspot for rail fans. Understandably so, as the Californian rail climb is probably one of the…
Unsecured crossing
DB Cargo employee dies in crash between freight train and truck in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, a 25-year-old employee of DB Cargo was killed in a collision between a freight train and a truck on Wednesday 28 August.…