VIDEOIn China, rail freight operators consider Budapest as one of the rail freight main hubs in Europe. Although traffic is now diverted via Malaszewicze due to the war in Ukraine, it is still consolidated in...Read more
VIDEOWhat started with a single train between China and Hungary, has turned into a high-in-demand service with three to four trains per week at peak times for Eurasian rail operator RTSB. The company is keen...Read more
A new railway bridge in Budapest, a 5G terminal on the border with Ukraine and an electric car giant from China settling down in Debrecen for its European operations; Hungary is in the news and...Read more
Rail Cargo Terminal has asked Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) to come up with a development design for its BILK terminal in Budapest. An increase in volumes from Eurasian traffic as well as higher proportions of...Read more
Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) submitted its plans for developing the design of the Budapesti Intermodális Logisztikai Központ (BILK Terminal), managed by Rail Cargo Group in Hungary. HPC wants to find solutions to increase the terminal’s...Read more
RailFreight on Tour, the traveling summit of RailFreight.com, is making its second stop, this time in Debrecen, Hungary. On 19 and 20 October, the RailFreight on Tour – Hungarian Edition is held, and the event...Read more
Since last week, three railway tracks cross over the Danube river in Budapest, resulting in a capacity increase of the Danube Railway Bridge. The new bridge connecting Buda and Pest in the Hungarian capital was...Read more
The first direct China-Hungary train was launched, with the first train departing from the Shijiazhuang International Dry Port in Hebei province on 15 July. Its destination is the BILK intermodal terminal in Budapest, with an...Read more
After two successful test container trains on 22 and 27 June, COSCO Shipping Italia aims to launch a regular rail freight connection between the port of Trieste and Budapest. The ocean-rail concept that links sea...Read more
The railway line from the Romanian port of Constanta to the Hungarian capital Budapest opened in early June, operated by Grampet Group. The opening was a fact with the first shipment from Guiyang in China...Read more
Hungary is moving ahead with the V0 rail freight line bypassing Budapest, despite the complicated relationship it currently has with Russia. Russia vowed to support the construction of the east-west bypass in February this year,...Read more
The much-awaited inauguration of the MBOX intermodal terminal in Niš, Serbia, took place on Thursday, 19 May, with the first train arriving from the port of Rijeka. This is the first regular service for the...Read more
Hungarian authorities have selected the route and destinations of the V0 rail freight line bypassing Budapest. The dedicated freight corridor connecting the eastern part of the country with the west and extending to Austria “will...Read more
The Commission has approved an investment of over 80 million euros from the Cohesion Fund to improve train connections for freight and passenger transport in the region of Northern Great Plain in Hungary.Read more
Metrans has successfully launched its new connection between Hungary and Romania. Three days per week a blocktrain moves between Budapest and Arad, in both directions. It is one of the new services that Metrans launched...Read more
The digitalisation of rail freight operations. How many times have professionals discussed this issue? And yet, how is it implemented in practice? The under-construction East-West Gate terminal in Fényeslitke, Hungary, might have an answer: the...Read more
Hungary has the ambition to become an intermodal junction in Eastern Europe and to prove that, it is organising its first Intermodal Conference in Budapest on 14 and 15 October. Apart from gathering experts from...Read more
Starting from Friday 15 October, Metrans starts a new roundtrip service between Budapest and Arad in Romania. The service will run three times a week and is a regular line on the timetables.Read more
The repair of one of the two cranes at BILK terminal in Budapest reaches its final stage. Reconstruction work is underway, and after the crane’s reassembling and testing, it will be operational again by early...Read more
A new intermodal terminal is under construction in Niš, southern Serbia. Operated by MBOX Terminals d.o.o, the new terminal aims to become a Balkan hub. It begins its depot operations on 16 August, while by...Read more
The first Budapest-Xi’an return train departed on 21 July. It left from Budapest, the capital of Hungary, crossed the border with Ukraine through Zahony, and travelled through Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan before finally arriving in Xi’an....Read more
