RailGood, the main rail freight association in the Netherlands, sent a letter to the country’s State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW), Vivianne Heijnen,…
The Dutch rail industry association RailGood and DB Cargo Netherlands claim that investments planned by the Dutch government leave rail freight out of the picture.…
Full implementation of all the requirements under the revised TEN-T network is not financially possible in the Netherlands. This was concluded by the infrastructure manager…
The European TEN-T investment programme to expand the trans-European transport corridors does not yet provide enough extra rail capacity to shift more freight transport from…
Infrabel, Belgium’s infrastructure manager, is implementing a renewal project on the tracks of the Bundle M station at Leuven. The works include the reconstruction of…
740-metre trains have been tested on Dutch and German tracks for a few years now. The expansion takes place at a slow pace since infrastructure…
Rail carrier LTE is satisfied with the first results of test drives with freight trains longer than 700 meters. The company will therefore continue operating…
By the end of 2020 the Busto Arsizio-Gallarate terminal of Hupac in northern Italy will be able to handle 740-metre long trains. This is thanks…
In order to implement the European Green Deal, the rail sector should develop standardisation and interoperability. Among other things, this means the necessity of introducing…