Topic: Hopper wagons

Ukrainian Railways to start building variable gauge grain hoppers

Ukrainian Railways (UZ) built an in-house hopper wagon with variable gauge. “It is intended for the transportation of grain and other loose food cargo”, the company said. This is the first time UZ ventured into...Read more

12-01-2024|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Touax Hopper wagon for Mendip Rail, source: Touax

Touax orders 95 freight wagons for Mendip Rail

French leasing company Touax has concluded an agreement with Greenbrier Europe for a new batch of freight wagons. The rolling stock manufacturer will supply 55 new open wagons and 40 new hoppers. Touax, for its...Read more

31-07-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

UK partners convert coal hoppers for aggregates

Britain’s biggest rail freight operator, DB Cargo UK, is utilising the growing demand for rail movement of aggregates by converting more than 100 coal hoppers into new state-of-the-art aggregate hopper wagons. The conversion programme is...Read more

07-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy