Hupac: flat rate for transalpine transport from 2024
A flat rate for transalpine intermodal trains could cover the Swiss subsidy gap, suggested Hupac at its Annual Event in Zurich on 1 June. Swiss subsidies for combined transport on this corridor will be phased...Read more
Hupac prepares for Swiss rail without subsidies
Hupac has been preparing itself for the abolition of the Swiss subsidies for combined transport at the end of 2023. In order to compensate for the abolition without losing competitiveness compared with road, it has...Read more
Takeover ERS Railways by Hupac gives access to German port
Hupac will take over the share capital of ERS Railways, including ERS’s 47 per cent stake in BoxXpress. The network offered by ERS out of the German ports complements Hupac’s hinterland network focused on Antwerp...Read moreHupac offers new services from north of Italy to Rotterdam, Zeebrugge and Cologne
Intermodal operator Hupac launches a new connection from the north of Italy, in addition to increasing existing services this month. This weekend, a new service between and Rotterdam will commence. The Novara-Zeebrugge service will be...Read moreDB Netz CEO regrets Rastatt effects
The head of German rail network manager DB Netz has expressed his ‘regret’ for the knock-on problems caused to rail freight stakeholders by this summer’s Rastatt landslip incident. CEO Frank Sennhenn told a summit of...Read more
Hupac signs new Chinese partnership for flat wagons
China’s CRCC International Corporation Ltd has signed a contract with Swiss intermodal specialist Hupac to provide it with flat wagons. The deal includes EU certification and wagon registration at the Swiss Federal Office of Transport. The...Read more
The Rastatt incident: lessons learnt and steps to take
The Executive Board and Management Board of the Rhine-Alpine rail freight corridor met on Wednesday in Milan, Italy to discuss the ramifications of the seven weeks long disruption of the Karsruhe-Basel line in Germany. They...Read more
Karlsruhe-Basel section reopened, industry demands compensation
The disrupted railway line between Karlsruhe and Basel is open for traffic from today, after nearly two months of limited capacity on Europe’s main north-south artery. However, it will take time before services are back to...Read more
New block train service Zeebrugge-Trieste
A new block train service now runs between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Trieste in Italy. The service has been launched by Ekol Logistics, which provides several other connections through Europe and will be operated by...Read moreMore freight options Germany with opening Stuttgart-Hattingen line
Freight transporters trying to find alternatives for the blockade on the Karlsruhe-Basel corridor will find an additional route from Wednesday onwards, when construction on the Stuttgart-Hattingen line will be completed and re-opened for freight traffic....Read more
Over 17,000 freight trains passed Gotthard Base Tunnel
More than 17,000 freight trains have passed through the Gotthard Base Tunnel since its opening in June last year, revealed Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Though the construction of what became world’s longest railway tunnel has...Read more