France is getting another intermodal railway line. VIIA is launching a service between Le Boulou in the south of France...Fruits and vegetables from the south come to Paris
Black Friday became White Out Saturday, as bargain hunting Britain was battered by Storm Arwen on Friday and Saturday. The...Winter storm disrupts UK rail transport
The UK Union Connectivity Review, published today (Friday 26 November), has recommended improved rail freight at British ports to maximise...Union Connectivity Review recommends better rail freight links at ports
DB Cargo Eurasia booms business with new China company
DB Cargo Eurasia just established a new subsidiary headquartered in Shanghai, China. The company named DB Cargo Transasia is set to provide customised logistics services and quick implementation of projects to customers between Europe and...Read more
Residents in the Netherlands object to new rail terminal Gelderland
In the Netherlands, local residents have made another attempt to stop the construction of Rail Terminal Gelderland. On Thursday, they asked the Council of State to suspend the provincial integration plan and all associated permits.Read more
EU still lags in implementing major infrastructure projects
A comparative review conducted by the European Court of Auditors identified that the EU policies are still quite weak when it comes to implementing infrastructure projects. Even though the EU does not face strategy definition...Read more
In RailFreight Live this week: Duisport, VIIA and the UIRR
With the climate goals of the EU, combined transport is in the spotlight. It is the low-hanging fruit, the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) has repeatedly said, the solution to accomplish carbon-neutral transport....Read more
METRANS: our German network is growing
METRANS gets also Germany covered. “Our network there is still growing, also in Germany”, said Petr Lanka, CCO at the intermodal operator. The latest addition was the terminal of Gernsheim last year. But this does...Read more
Sugar sweet success for DC Rail
After a few bumps along the way, independent UK operator DCRail and East Anglian road haulier Rory J Holbrook work together to bring a new bulk flow to the railways. Even though it’s a foodstuff...Read more
No trains from China stop in Lithuania anymore
In recent months, the situation between Lithuania and China created many questions regarding rail freight transport between the two countries. Contradicting information said that rail traffic between the two countries will stop. Currently, China-Europe trains...Read more
New German government wants to invest in rail before road
The new German government coalition will invest “considerably more in the railways than in the roads”. The SPD, Greens and FDP presented their plans in a coalition agreement on Wednesday, including plans to lower infrastructure...Read more
Not enough tracks? This Dutch freight train runs on a metro line
For the first time in the Netherlands, a freight train ran on a metro rail track. Specifically, this metro line is the Hoekse Lijn between Schiedam and the Vulkaanhaven industrial site near Rotterdam. This is...Read more
Freight train capacity doubles to Port of Liverpool
The UK government has announced that final works on the 8,3 million pounds (9,2 million euros) Bootle branch rail line upgrade have been completed. The works deliver a doubling of freight train capacity to and...Read more
Rock and Rail: 8,000 tonnes of ‘rock armour’ to protect UK line against floods
An increase in extreme weather over the past two years has seen several washouts on the Marches Line in the UK, causing short notice closures of up to seven days. To minimise future disruption and...Read more
More money invested in roads than rail, is this the modal shift?
Railways are constantly hailed as the future for sustainable mobility, and leaders stumble over each other to say that we need a shift to rail. But when looking at the investments that were made in...Read more
New player enters Russian infrastructure service market
Sinara Transport Machines Holding (STM) established a new railway infrastructure division to offer infrastructure maintenance services in Russia starting from 2022. Russian Railways will be the new company’s primary customer, but it aims to expand...Read more