On 7 September Hupac will inaugurate its new terminal in Brwinów, near Warsaw. At the event, Siemens Mobility will present...Hupac’s terminal opening ánd RailFreight Summit in Warsaw
To achieve more efficient transportation of goods between Szczecin Główny and Germany, Polish railway manager PKP PKL will modernise the...Poland invests in railway line Szczecin to German border
European combined transport’s performance has shrunk for the first time in one-and-a-half year. Volumes transported over a rail-road corridor declined...Combined transport shrinks for first time since corona recovery
UK mega project Northern Powerhouse Rail back on track?
A project to connect major cities in the north of England with a dedicated high-speed railway, vastly increasing capacity for freight and passenger traffic, could be back on the agenda, but only if members of...Read more
Adif presents study results for new Granada railway variant
Last week, María Luisa Domínguez, president of Spanish infrastructure manager Adif and Xavier Flores, General Secretary of Infrastructures of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, presented the results of the study on the...Read more
RCG grows Turkey network: ‘an international logistics hub’
The Austrian operator Rail Cargo Group has launched three new connections and increased frequency on another line Turkey. This month, it launched a new connection between Germany and Turkey and two new ones between Slovakia...Read more
‘Scotland freight performance good, rest of report card below par’
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the autonomous government safety and performance watchdog, has assessed Network Rail Scotland as part of a nationwide review. The annual report card is not good reading for the...Read more
First freight service connecting Zhejiang province to the Netherlands
The first freight train linking the Chinese province of Zhejiang with the Netherlands is underway. The service will have freight trains departing from Jinhua with Venlo as its final destination.Read more
How can Germany keep up with the rising demand for coal?
The German rail transport infrastructure is struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for alternative fuels, especially coal, to replace gas. The German government is working on solutions, namely the prioritisation of coal transportation.Read more
New port shuttle for Rotterdam with fixed timetable
The port of Rotterdam has a new port shuttle per 30 July. Logistics operator Trimodal Europe has launched a shuttle train with a fixed timetable of 16 departures per week between the RSC terminal in...Read more
Section of the Budapest-Belgrade line is back in business
After seven years, the railway line connecting Szeged and Röszke, in the South of Hungary, is up and running again. The section is roughly 12 km long and it is part of the Budapest-Belgrade rail...Read more
SNCF might sell Akiem to Canadian investor
SNCF is negotiating the sale of its freight locomotive leasing company Akiem with the Canadian investment fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ). The railway company jointly owns the subsidiary (50:50) with German...Read more
Network Rail explains Trans Pennine Upgrade and upholds needs of freight
The UK government may have cancelled plans for a dedicated high-speed line across the Pennine Mountain range, but work continues to improve the existing network. The Trans Pennine Upgrade (TRU) project has been criticised as...Read more
Another chapter for the Kaliningrad story
Šiaulių Bankas promised to stop all transactions with between Lithuania and Russia and Belarus before the fall. It is the only Lithuanian bank that still carries out payments with the two countries.Read more
DB Schenker puts Deutsche Bahn back in black
The logistics subsidiary DB Schenker made by far the largest contribution to the positive development of Deutsche Bahn (DB), which reported a positive operating result for the first time since the corona crisis this first...Read more
China and Serbia: a friendship as strong as steel
The Chinese railway company Trans Eurasia and Metrans have launched a rail freight service connecting Wuhan, in China with Pančevo, in Serbia. The transit time for the journey is 18 days.Read more
BNSF loosens shipping embargo on westbound shipments to California
BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, is loosening its embargo for some westbound traffic moving to destinations in California due to recent gains in speed of service across its...Read more
EU railway companies will help reconstructing Ukrainian railways
32 European rail companies and organisations signed a declaration to support the reconstruction of railways in Ukraine. The declaration was realised on 9 July at the Rail CEO Summit 2022 in Vienna, hosted by Austrian...Read more
UK carrier presents ’88’ below zero for refrigerated rail freight
Direct Rail Services, the carrier who grew out of specialising in transferring nuclear flasks, took the recent opportunity of a ministerial visit to show off something much cooler. Celebrating a new contract to carry refrigerated...Read more