When comparing track access charges for international freight trains in different countries, we have somewhat of a harmonised level in...‘European track access charges international freight more or less harmonised’
The United Transport and Logistics Company JSC (UTLC) has re-organised and operates under the new name of UTLC Eurasian Railway...UTLC becomes UTLC Eurasian Railway Alliance
The SNCF strike in France hits the European rail freight industry hard, and as a result, seriously affects the European...‘Strikes in France can easily have similar effect as Rastatt disaster’
ERFA: ‘In fact, all railways are tollgates’
In the rail freight sector, operators pay for every train kilometre. In principle, this makes all railways tollgates, while only 20 per cent of European highways and main roads require toll. A new balance must...Read more
Hupac offers new services from north of Italy to Rotterdam, Zeebrugge and Cologne
Intermodal operator Hupac launches a new connection from the north of Italy, in addition to increasing existing services this month. This weekend, a new service between and Rotterdam will commence. The Novara-Zeebrugge service will be...Read more
Angola train service Namibe-Lubango to be revived
A pilot phase testing a mixed freight and passenger service between Namibe Port and Lubango was completed by the Angolan government, in an attempt to revive all interrupted train services due to its long civil...Read more
‘Complete harmonisation EU Rail Freight Corridors in 2030 not possible’
Representatives of the European freight industry gathered in Brussels yesterday to discuss how interoperability could be improved on 15,000 kilometre of railway track, connecting the economically most powerful regions of the European continent. It was...Read more
Cancellations rail freight services France as SNCF strikes kick off
Three months of rail strikes by union organisations of national rail operator SNCF started this week. Yesterday and today were the first two days of the strike, which involves cancellations of freight as well as...Read more
Italian railway Bologna-Prato to allow 750-meter length trains
The Italian railway track connecting Bologna and Prato will be modernised to meet European standards for rail freight lines. As a result, the line will allow for the passage of 750-meter length trains and be...Read more
The Western End of the New Silk Road
Do not just look at the New Silk Road from a western perspective, plead Richard T. Griffiths, one of the speakers at the Silk Road Summit in Poland last week. “Europe must settle its own...Read more
New mixed train shuttle Bavaria-Ludwigshafen
DB Cargo BTT, the chemical and dangerous goods logistics provider of DB Cargo, has launched a new railway line between Ludwigshafen and Burghausen. The three-weeky service is ran by a ‘mixed train’, consisting of a...Read more
GB Railfreight to carry waste to Manchester and Leeds
Biffa, a UK-based integrated waste management company, has signed a strategic partnership with GB Railfreight to expand its rail hub network for the transportation of inactive waste. Biffa recently opened a transfer station in Manchester...Read more
New railway line China-Mongolia
A new rail link has been launched between the Port of Caofeidian in the north of China and the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The new rail freight service was officially opened by the government of...Read more