One of the hottest debates in the European rail freight sector is the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and its signalling and control component, the European Train Control System (ETCS). Alberto...Read more
Freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) and supplier Rail Stone Solutions (RSS) will deliver aggregates by rail to HS2’s main construction compound in the West Midlands. Here, the high-speed line consortium is building its Birmingham Curzon...Read more
French rail engineers Alstom have signed a deal with Dutch rail manager ProRail and operator Rotterdam Rail Feeding to begin testing automatic freight trains in The Netherlands.
Starting this year, the Automated Train Operation (ATO) test...Read more
The Netherlands has received a EU grant of 32 million Euros to install ERTMS technology on Dutch locomotives using the Rotterdam-Genoa rail freight corridor.
Part of a wider 83 million Euros package for various transport projects,...Read more
Swedish transport authorities have given the go-ahead for implementation of Bombardier’s Interflo450 ERTMS signalling technology, as part of a nationwide 11,000 kilometre rail network modernisation programme.
The approval by the country’s two transportation agencies, Trafikverket and...Read more
A group of more than 50 rail freight stakeholders has presented a petition to the Dutch Parliament, calling for action to help stimulate rail cargo transport and put it on a par with its German...Read more
A live stream is currently available for a conference on ERTMS being staged today and tomorrow (Nov 15-16) by the EU Agency for Railways (ERA) in Valenciennes, France.
The Control Command and Railway Communication Conference aims...Read more
Rail engineering firm Strukton Rail is installing the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), potentially so crucial for European rail freight’s future, on a test track in Sweden. The track is being installed between Katrineholm and Ãby...Read more
As Executive Director of the UK Rail Freight Group, Maggie Simpson’s inbox is never empty. She leads the RFG’s work to increase modal shift, by campaigning for a policy environment which supports rail freight, promotes...Read more
Half of the Core TEN-T Network Corridors that are so critical to the freight market will be equipped with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) by 2023, says a new version of the ERTMS...Read more
Rail freight across Europe is rising by around three per cent a year, yet the diversified market has achieved uneven progress and a single European railway area is a long way from being a reality,...Read more
