Rail freight traffic at the Brenner Station, the main rail border crossing between Italy and Austria, has been reduced until further notice since Wednesday 22 March. This is because, as the Italian infrastructure manager Rete...Read more
UPDATEAll domestic rail freight services are cancelled in Finland as the strike of train drivers reaches its third day. At the same time, international traffic seems to be unaffected. The strike will continue until further...Read more
Trade volumes between China and Russia surged in 2022, a situation seemingly becoming the ‘new normal’ in 2023. As transport demand between China and Russia booms, more and more China-Europe freight trains leave China for...Read more
tech tuesdayDB Cargo and its British subsidiary, DB Cargo UK, have carried out tests to operate a Class 60 locomotive fuelled with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel instead of diesel. HVO can in fact be used...Read more
The investigation following the deadly railway accident in Greece has unearthed some worrying findings. The Greek Railway Regulatory Body, which is reponsible for the work, speaks of “insufficient training of personnel carrying out critical tasks”,...Read more
Funding for the upgrade of the Malaszewicze rail border crossing between Belarus and Poland might come from the Polish government. “The Ministry of Infrastructure is working on a draft act providing Cargotor with financing for...Read more
As a new face at German infrastructure manager DB Netze, Thorsten Dieter aims for change. “My biggest accomplishment will be if, one year from now, the rail freight sector thinks it’s sufficiently represented by DB...Read more
Italian intermodal company Arcese has inaugurated a new rail freight service that will connect Italy, Austria, Germany, and Romania. The innovative aspect of this circular, or rather triangular, service is that it will connect four...Read more
InterviewFor the period 2023-2027, Italy’s state contributions for the rail freight sector are set at 22 million euros per year. This is the lowest amount since 2018. This number, therefore, represents somewhat of a step...Read more
tech tuesdaySpanish electricity company Endesa has been awarded contracts from Adif for traction power for 1,6 billion euros and two lots of non-traction power for 109,5 million euros. The contract will start in April 2023 and...Read more
“We have to come to terms with the diversity of infrastructure and rolling stock between Poland and Ukraine and seek ways of neutralising the obstacle it creates”. This was said by Tadeusz Syryjczyk, partner of...Read more
InterviewAn international registry for easier rolling stock identification may be up and running before the end of the year. This public registry would assign a Unique Rail Vehicle Identification System (URVIS) identifier, a unique 16-digit...Read more
UPDATEThe tragic railway accident involving a passenger and freight train in Greece has shocked the country and the world. With at least 46 people dead, and dozens missing and wounded, the accident triggered a series...Read more
France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne claimed that the French government is ready to allocate 100 billion euros for the execution of the plan presented by the Infrastructure Orientation Council (COI). The plan analyses the necessary...Read more
The head of Ukrainian Railways apologised to customers for recent delays on the nation’s railway network. The apology was made to international and domestic customers by Oleksandr Kamyshin in an interview given to BBC. British...Read more
A new intermodal terminal has just been opened at the Industrial Zone Bozhurishte, a logistics area near Sofia, in Bulgaria. The new facility will be used to handle shipping containers discharged at the port and...Read more
At the dawn of 24 February 2022, the first war sirens went off in Kyiv, accompanied by the first bombing of the city. A couple of hours later, Ukrainian Railways announced they had entered an...Read more
Running trains in the European Union might become problematic for Switzerland. The authorisation procedure that allowed Swiss companies to run trains in all EU member states will in fact expire at the end of 2023...Read more
INTERVIEWThe OOC trimodal terminal is located in the heart of the Netherlands on a crossroad between the port of Rotterdam and Germany’s industrial and logistics powerhouse in North-Rein Westphalia. The site recently received a rail...Read more
interviewCan hyperloop-inspired technology be applied to rail freight within this decade? Tech company Nevomo thinks so. RailFreight.com had a chat with Stefan Kirch, CBDO at Nevomo, about the possible applications of Nevomo technology in the...Read more
The German Federal Council voted in favour of extending, until 31 March 2024, the ordinance that gives priority to freight trains transporting energy supplies (EnKo trains) on the German rail network. This is what a...Read more