EU: 2 billion for rail in Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova
Around 2 billion Euros will be spent by the EU to enhance the railway network in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. It is part of the plans to extend the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)...Read more
Belarus to open new railway border crossing with Poland
Belarusian Railway is to revive the Visoko-Litovsk/Czeremcha railway crossing on the Polish border. The abandoned facility is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of this year. The measure is in response to the increased...Read more
Poland to add new tracks near Małaszewicze terminal
Polish railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK plans to install additional broad gauge tracks at the Terespol border station in Poland. This will increase the capacity of the Terespol-Brest crossing to Belarus. Moreover, it alleviates pressure...Read more
Eurasian rail traffic in 2018: heading to a million TEUs
Looking back at railway traffic between Europe and China this year, one could say that 2018 was a successful year. The volumes more than doubled, alternative routes grew in popularity, new multimodal options became operative...Read more
Nunner acquires stake in Chinese rail service provider Tiedada
Dutch logistics service provider Nunner has acquired a share in Tiedada, a Chinese fully digitized rail service provider. With the partnership they aim to make Tiedada the leading party on the New Silk Road. The Letter...Read more
New rail freight service between Italy and China
Rail freight operator Far East Land Bridge (FELB) is set to launch a new service between the intermodal terminal of Melzo (Milan) and Chengdu (Southeastern China) on 26 January. The service will transport goods without...Read more
Slovakia has plenty of space to become transit hub on New Silk Road
Slovakia aims to become an important transit country on the New Silk Road. To be precise, it wants to acquire a share of at least fifty per cent of all railway traffic between Europe and...Read more
TIEDADA and FESCO sign cooperation agreement
The Russian transport company FESCO and the Chinese logistics logistics company TIEDADA have agreed to cooperate in promoting rail transportation services. The companies focus their efforts on LCL shipments and, in a later stage on...Read more
PKP Cargo wants to become EU leader on New Silk Road
PKP Cargo, the largest Polish rail freight company, wants to become the European champion of rail freight transportation on the New Silk Road. Such an ambitious goal was documented in the Strategy of PKP Cargo...Read more
Mannheim-Chongqing Shuttle arrives in China
The first train on the new railway link between Mannheim and Chongqing has arrived in the Chinese city on 17 November. It completed a journey of 11,200 kilometres, carrying 41 containers of 40 feet. The Mannheim-Chongqing...Read more
Deutsche Bahn and China Railways strengthen railway cooperation
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and China Railways (CR) will strengthen their cooperation in several areas. The companies will extend their exchange of knowledge to new, innovative technologies for railways. The CEO of DB Richard Lutz and the...Read more
First exclusive train for oranges China-Russia
China Railway Express has launched its first exclusive train for oranges on the New Silk Road. The service runs between Yichang in central China and Moscow in 16 days. The oranges of Yichang are a product...Read more
New TEN-T maps for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
The maps of the TEN-T network in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have been presented. The European core transport network has for the first time been extended towards these eastern countries, in order...Read more