At the Rail Freight Day in Vienna yesterday, nine European rail sector associations (CLECAT, EIM, ERFA, EUG, ESC, RNE, UIP,...Rail Freight Day 2018: what was achieved in the last 2 years?
China’s rail freight volumes increased by 10.1 per cent year on year in October. The pace of growth accelerated from...Steady growth of rail freight volumes China
A new multimodal route on from China to Europe via the Russian port of Bronka will be launched in the...New multimodal route from China to Europe via port of Bronka
Vossloh acquires milling business Strabag Rail
German rail technology company Vossloh acquired the rail milling unit of another German enterprise Strabag Rail. Four milling machines and around 30 employees strengthened Vossloh’s business and allowed it to position itself as a leading...Read more
From standard pocket wagon to car transport wagon
Vegatrans and TX Logistik have developed a system that transforms a standard pocket wagon into a car transport wagon. It is called roadrailLink (r2L), designed to transport commercial vehicles per rail. The system is used on the...Read more
Slovakia has plenty of space to become transit hub on New Silk Road
Slovakia aims to become an important transit country on the New Silk Road. To be precise, it wants to acquire a share of at least fifty per cent of all railway traffic between Europe and...Read more
DB Cargo launches direct two-way railway line Malmö–Cologne
DB Cargo has launched a new, direct and two-way service between Cologne in Germany and Malmö in Sweden. The new train is twice as fast as the previous Malmö–Cologne service. Moreover, it now has a...Read more
Funding for railway link UAE – Saudi Arabia
The national railway network of the UAE is to be further expanded with the signing of a financial agreement last week. The funding will support the construction of phase two of the project: the link...Read more
Hupac adds Oradea and Stara Zagora to intermodal network
Hupac has added the southeastern European cities of Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and Oradea (Romania) to its European railway network. It links these destinations to important freight hubs in Europe, such as Duisburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp. The...Read more
IoT solution helps carriers retrieve lost freight cars
Dutch technology company Dual Inventive has developed an Internet of Things (IoT) track and trace system so that carriers always know where their freight cars are. This is because cars that are used for international...Read more
Spanish rail terminal to face losses due to plant closure
The rail freight terminal of La Coruña may face significant losses due to the closure of the electricity plant of Meirama in Galicia, in North West Spain. The Naturgy-owned plant consumes between 6,250-7,500 tonnes of...Read more
New terminal on the Betuweroute
The Dutch province of Gelderland and Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works will jointly invest in the construction of a new rail terminal in Valburg near Arnhem. The rail terminal will be located on the...Read more
EU railway companies should ‘get going’ with language pilots
In 2019, railway undertakings may carry out pilot projects to test alternative means of ensuring effective communication during railway operations. The European Commission urges the sector to ‘get going’ with these tests, which are aimed...Read more