Freightliner, the UK subsidiary of Genesee and Wyoming Inc., has secured government funding for its Freight Energy and Emissions Calculation tool. If all goes well, the hi-tech system will be deployed alongside existing management systems,...Read more
An autonomous freight train project is currently unfolding in Finland. Led by Proxion, a Finnish technology company, the autonomous freight train will be electric and aims to revolutionise short-distance transportation from industrial sites.Read more
For the biggest part, rail freight is already the greenest mode of transportation. It is also the flagship for EU green goals like the Fit for 55 package introduced recently. What else is there to...Read more
The UK train battery programme is running out of juice, according to the House of Lords. While freight is being urged to decarbonise, the upper house of the UK parliament has criticised the government for...Read more
Construction company Tarmac is collaborating with electrical engineering specialists Furrer+Frey to develop a retractable overhead electrical supply system suitable for freight terminals. The chosen site for trials is at Dunbar near Edinburgh, where Tarmac operates...Read more
PCC Intermodal and Pesa Bydgoszcz, a Polish manufacturer of railway vehicles have signed a contract for the delivery of three new electric locomotives of the GAMA platform. The dual-drive 111DE locomotives will be deployed in...Read more
LTG Cargo has partnered up with digital solutions company Ab Ovo, which will implement an integrated resource and freight carriage planning system. Companies that are able to quickly respond to changing situations mostly win the...Read more
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and HyperloopTT are ready to present the HyperPort project: in simple words, a model for transporting containers using hyperloop technology. The two companies are developing this concept to improve...Read more
The UK government is to finance a research programme aimed at advancing a dual-fuel solution for the class 66 locomotive. It is part of its First of a Kind scheme, awarded to a consortium led...Read more
PKP Energetyka, the electricity distributor to the Polish railway network, has launched a new traction energy storage facility. According to the company, it is the largest facility in Europe of its kind, and it can...Read more
The multi-energy group Total has signed a contract with IT company Everysens to deploy its Transport Management System software powered by artificial intelligence. Total transports millions of tonne-kilometres of goods per year from its production...Read more
The first zero-emission, fully electric shunting locomotives for the port of Rotterdam are in the production line. By 2024, the Dutch harbour wants to replace diesel shunting locomotives and make its rail operations fully carbon...Read more
The Bonn-based company RailWatch has secured a new shareholder: Agartha Fund LP from Abu Dhabi. This investment opens up the export of its Wayside Monitoring System – Pulsar technology – to countries such as Russia,...Read more
Siemens Mobility has been awarded a significant contract to upgrade and modernise railway communications in the West of England. The company has been instructed to install and commission an integrated signalling system on behalf of...Read more
That rail is the more sustainable transport option we already knew. But did you know that it can become more sustainable by changing the container type? FELB has just proven this by using Container 2.0,...Read more
British company D/Gauge has completed trials of their new clearance assessment software, and have officially launched the sophisticated package, designated Rift. According to the company, it is set to significantly reduce the team and effort...Read more
VTG will introduce an innovative wagon maintenance concept next year. The company will transition from time-based to mileage-based wagon maintenance. Using its VTG Connect service, it will perform maintenance on wagons only when needed and...Read more
Network Rail has appointed Netherlands-based Fugro to deliver a gauging survey and a ‘digital twin’ of Scotland’s railway. The contract will see the Leidschendam company complete a new and up to date record of gauging...Read more
