New access railway lines to the Turin-Lyon tunnel from Lyon might not be ready before 2045, more than a decade...No access roads for Lyon to the Turin-Lyon tunnel before 2045?
Rates for transporting grain via rail with Ukrainian Railways (UZ) railcars in and through Ukraine are currently decreasing. According to...Transporting Ukrainian grain via rail is getting cheaper
GATX Rail Europe has introduced a new kingpin sensor, which assures the correct closing of a container. “This is a...GATX Rail equips pocket wagon fleet with new kingpin safety solution
UK strike update: more to come or solution in sight?
Could one union be about to strike, while another is about to strike a deal? That is the question that faces negotiating teams on both sides of the long running and increasingly bitter round of...Read more
“Combined transport has a big leverage, we don’t have to wait for anything”
Ralf-Charley Schultze, chairman of UIRR, was recently reappointed for four more years in the management board of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA). In the board, Schultze represents the freight customers, including terminals, railway...Read more
Winds, snow and -20 degrees Celcius, but the trains keep running
While the Lunar Year has officially kicked off and the people in Europe have left their holidays behind, we are finding ourselves in the midst of winter. In Kazakhstan and some parts of China, this...Read more
GTS takes over services in southern Italy after operator bankruptcy
The logistics terminal Interporto Campano, 30 kilometres east of Naples, was forced to close its rail freight operator Interporto Servizi Cargo (ISC), at the beginning of 2023. However, there still seems to be hope for...Read more
Network Rail jumps on board with express logistics operator Varamis
The British infrastructure agency Network Rail is claiming a share of the laurels for the successful launch of the country’s first independent dedicated express logistics operator, Varamis Rail. The Doncaster-headquartered company has been quietly building...Read more
Scottish rail supply sector commits to apprentice target
Companies within the Scottish rail industry supply chain have committed to recruiting five per cent of their workforce as apprentices, providing the right government support is in place. The challenge has been laid down by...Read more
Latvian Railways on restructuring track to boost cargo operations
The recently appointed Latvian transport minister Jānis Vitenbergs is putting rail freight on the top of his agenda. Boosting cargo transport is among his priorities, and he is willing to restructure Latvian Railways to meet...Read more
Austria: train collision results in a fire and traffic restrictions
Two freight trains collided in Fürnitz, Carinthia, in Austria. The collision took place at 4:23 am local time in a station area. Several wagons, as well as part of the rail tracks, caught fire. Luckily, the...Read more
France responds to European Commission probe into Fret SNCF state aid
France is ready for the formal examination procedure by the European Commission into the conditions of the financing of SNCF’s rail freight unit, Fret SNCF, dating back several years before its transformation into a subsidiary...Read more
Icon of Irish rail freight consigned to history
Towering over the Irish port of Waterford for the best part of half a century, the gantry container crane has been as much a part of the skyline as Trinity Cathedral on Barronstrand Street. Now...Read more
Freight train with 22 wagons derails in Eastern Russia
A freight train has derailed in Eastern Russia. In total, 22 wagons went off the track, causing delays for multiple trains on the route. According to Trans-Baikal Railway, the operator of that section, no one...Read more
FESCO enters 2023 with an appetite for records
In early January, FESCO’s rail operations reached a new record high. The company managed to dispatch 53 container trains in just a week from the Vladivostock region towards Central and Western Russia. The previous-now broken-...Read more
Azerbaijan Railways sees cargo transport boosted in all directions
Azerbaijan is developing into a crucial transport node. In 2022, Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) saw a considerable increase in cargo transport in both East-West and North-South directions. Enhanced traffic via the Middle Corridor as an alternative...Read more
DB Cargo Eurasia launches new regular Xi’an-Budapest service
DB Cargo Eurasia launched a new service between Xi’an and Budapest. The first trip between the two destinations already took place. The train departed from Xi’an in late December and reached Budapest in 15 days....Read more
Ukraine-Romania open new cross-border line linking to Constanta
Ukrainian Railways inaugurated the newly restored Rakhiv-Berlebash cross-border line connecting Ukraine with Romania. The inauguration took place on Tuesday, 17 January, when Orest Klympush, the first Minister of Transport of Ukraine between 1992 and 1994,...Read more
Freight sector mentoring launched by UK industry body
The Rail Freight Group, the industry association representing the sector at large, has launched a mentoring programme designed to build skills in the rail freight sector. The Cross Member Mentoring Scheme aims to help develop...Read more
