‘Important EU railway projects secured under post-2020 budget’
At least thirty billion Euros has been allocated to the European transport subsidy programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). It now looks like the investments in important railway projects such as the TEN-T corridors and the...Read more
Economic damage of Rastatt incident more than 2 billion Euros
The Rastatt incident that paralysed rail freight traffic during a seven-week interruption of railway operations on the Karlsruhe-Basel line of the Rhine-Alphine Corridor has resulted in economic damage of more than two billion Euros for...Read more
Live blog: Silk Road Poland Gateway Summit Day 2
Today is the second day of the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland, held in Wroclaw Poland. This is the live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able to attend,...Read moreLive blog: Silk Road Poland Gateway Summit Day 1
Tuesday 20 March is the first day of the Silk Road Summit, Gateway Poland, held in Wroclaw Poland. This is the live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able...Read more
Two-day Silk Road, Gateway Poland Summit kicks off
The Silk Road, Gateway Poland Summit kicked off in Wroclaw Poland. We are hosting a live blog, broadcasting speakers and reporting the latest news. People who are not able to attend, can follow the summit...Read more
Amsterdam added to New Silk Road with new rail freight line
The first direct rail freight link between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Yiwu in China was officially opened on 7 March. A block train departed from the Port of Amsterdam on its 11,000-kilometer journey through...Read more
London show celebrates retro ‘Railfreight’ brand
London is hosting a novel new exhibition that celebrates the striking branding created for the former British Rail’s Railfreight division in the 1980s. Railfreight was responsible for all of the UK’s freight network transports back in...Read moreHow NUNNER stepped out on the New Silk Road
In just a few days’ time, Amsterdam will join the growing number of European locations with a direct rail freight service to China. It will be the latest chapter in the successful story of NUNNER...Read more
Award plaudits for freight-friendly Gotthard project
Visionaries who designed the Gotthard Base Tunnel – the world’s longest rail tunnel – to shift freight to rail on a mass scale have received the 2018 European Railway Award. Built over 17 years and costing...Read moreSilk Road experts join line-up for first rail freight summit
Acclaimed Silk Road author Professor Richard Griffiths is among the latest confirmed speakers for the Silk Road Gateway Poland summit, which is being held in Wroclaw from March 20-21. One of the world’s leading authorities on...Read more
Europe-China rail strategy must harness potential of southern Silk Road
A prevailing focus on the Europe-China northern rail freight route is detracting from the possibilities offered by southern Europe and Asia’s other diverse economies, says Professor Richard Griffiths, one of the world’s leading Silk Road...Read more
Changes to UK track access charges system ‘could harm rail’s competitiveness’
Potential changes to how track access charges in the UK are calculated could present a threat to rail’s competitiveness. Rail economics expert Professor Chris Nash will deliver this stark warning when he speaks at the...Read moreSilk Road Summit: ‘Blockchain can be a game changer for rail freight’
The use of blockchain technology within the rail freight sector has the potential to be a ‘game changer’ for the industry. That’s the view of Dutch logistics expert Klara Paardenkooper, a key speaker at the...Read more