GTS doubles frequency on Segrate-Marcianise route
General Transport Service (GTS), an Italian intermodal transport company, will increase the frequency of service between Segrate, near Milan, and Marcianise, near Naples. Starting from 23 January, the weekly roundtrips for this service will go...Read more
Hupac and FS partner up for three terminals in Italy
Hupac and the Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) are collaborating on three terminals in northern Italy. The terminals of Milano Smistamento (Milan rail yard staging area) and the Hupac terminal in Piacenza...Read more
Hannibal to run 13 weekly Rotterdam-Milan trains from January
The frequency of transalpine trains transiting between the Rail Hub Milano and RSC Rotterdam will reach 13 weekly roundtrips in January 2023. Hannibal will keep crossing the Alps, and apart from the historical pun, this...Read more
New Italy-China service by Hupac coming soon
Hupac will launch a new direct container service between Italy and China on 28 November. The service will connect Milan with Suzhou, 100 kilometres west of Shanghai. The transit time is expected to revolve around...Read more
TransContainer links Northern Italy to Russia with frequent service
A new route between Milan’s Melzo intermodal terminal with destinations in Russia commences on 22 September. The service begins with a frequency of one weekly roundtrip. TransContainer Europe is the company behind the new service,...Read more
Rail expansion in Northern Italy: no benefits in sight for rail freight
The Lombardy Region has greenlit the project for the quadruplication of the rail route between Milano Rogoredo and Pavia, in the North of Italy. However, advantages for rail freight will not be tangible before 2030....Read more
Terminal Teiuș Romania launches first links with European hubs
An intermodal terminal in Teiuș, central Romania, is the latest addition to the country’s rail freight infrastructure. Owned and managed by Unicom Tranzit, a private rail freight carrier and forwarder, the terminal was completed in...Read more
Switzerland invests in French and Italian infrastructure: ‘it’s our duty’
Switzerland aims to extend its infrastructure investments in France and Italy, targeting rail lines and terminals. In France, it is working with the government to define the size and type of investment on the Wörth-Strasbourg...Read more
Hannibal brings roundtrip Rotterdam-Milan to 11 per week
The busy rail freight route between Rotterdam and Milan has got another train departure. Starting this week, Hannibal European Gaterail runs a fourth weekly departure, connecting Rail Hub Milano with Rotterdam Botlek CRO terminal.Read more
Distrirail keeps adding departures to Rotterdam-Milan shuttle
The rail freight shuttle between the Botlek terminal in the port of Rotterdam and the Italian Melzo (Milan) will be upgraded once again with another three departures. Around December 2021, this will bring the total...Read more
Lineas expands services from the North Sea Port with connection to Milano
Lineas has a new addition to its Green Xpress Network. The company will connect the North Sea Port and Ghent directly to the Intermodale Milano Segrate terminal in Northern Italy. The new train service will...Read more
Milan-Rotterdam service sees new expansion
The intermodal connection between Milan and Rotterdam will have three new weekly itineraries as of 12 January 2021. The two cities are already connected with daily trains seven times per week. Good cooperation and demand...Read more
Sławków becomes transit hub between China and Italy
After arranging the direct regular connections between China and Euroterminal Sławków, Polish operator PKP LHS has focused on developing transit opportunities of this intermodal facility and the entire Broad Gauge Line in Poland. The new...Read more