Topic: International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport

EU/US alliance: ‘intermodal transport vital for competition’

A concerted effort to promote intermodality is key to increasing competitiveness and cutting carbon emissions, says a new transatlantic rail and road alliance. The International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) joined forces with its stateside...Read more

06-02-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Men on the railway between Rastatt and Karlsruhe, where the land slip happened. Photo credit: Benedikt Spether

‘DB Netz must take full liability’ over Rastatt, says rail alliance

An alliance of influential European rail bodies have called on German rail infrastructure manager DB Netz to ‘take full liability’ over this summer’s Rastatt landslip incident, and stop blaming railway operators for ‘not being flexible’...Read more

27-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

EU rail freight test portal now live

The pilot version of a ‘one-stop-shop’ European web portal detailing rail freight service facilities across the continent can now be accessed online. The railfreightlocations.eu site is a European Union initiative involving a group of rail...Read more

29-03-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

‘Policymakers must give more attention to multimodality’: AIM

The newly-formed Industry Alliance for Multimodal (IAM) says policymakers must give more attention to multimodality to ensure cargo reaches its customers. Rail freight will play a central role in the goals of IAM, which was established...Read more

28-03-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy