The dynamic of the recent train derailment in Norway is still unclear. What is currently known is that the train driver and an employee who helped to prepare the train are under investigation. Moreover, a...Read more
There currently is no rail freight traffic between Oslo and Bergen due to the recent derailment in Arna. “Some of the containers will just have to wait for the reopening of the line”, said a...Read more
A freight train derailed in Arna, near Bergen (Norway) on the evening of Friday 22 March 2024. No serious injuries were reported, but the railway section connecting Bergen to Vaksdal, part of the Bergen-Oslo line,...Read more
Sweden has decided to upgrade the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan in Swedish. The upgrades are necessary due to two recent derailments. Moreover, the country’s NATO accession requires the rail line to function properly at...Read more
Traffic along the Iron Ore Line should fully restart on Thursday, 7 March, after a train derailed near Vassijaure, not far from the Sweden-Norway border, on 24 February. The particularity of this derailment is that...Read more
The Iron Ore Line, Europe’s northernmost rail border crossing connecting Sweden and Norway, is again closed due to a freight train derailment near Vassijaure. The line had just been reopened last week after another derailment...Read more
DB Cargo Scandinavia is launching a pilot rail freight service to the Danish port town of Hirtshals. The port, located at the northern tip of mainland Denmark, provides ferry services to Norway. The pilot is...Read more
The railway line stretching from Oslo, in Norway, to Gothenburg, in Sweden, is currently one of the main bottlenecks along the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. A feasibility study to double the track was recently published by...Read more
The iconic Norland railway line crossing Norway on a north-south axis and connecting Trondheim with Bodø will be the first critical route of the country to be upgraded with electrification and battery locomotive operations. The...Read more
The Dovre Line in Norway, the main railway connection between Trondheim and Oslo, is currently closed after a rail bridge collapsed due to a storm. In order to make sure that some traffic still runs, the...Read more
Running freight trains between Slovenia and its neighbouring countries is still significantly problematic due to the recent disastrous floods that hit the country. The first estimates of the damages are set at over half a...Read more
Slovenia is currently being hit by heavy rain causing floods and significant damage to the country’s infrastructure. The same is happening in the north of the Old Continent, where Sweden and Norway are dealing with...Read more
Rail freight traffic in Norway grew by two per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year. The growth is not too significant considering that in 2021 the year-on-year increase was twelve per cent. Bane...Read more
TX Logistik, Mercitalia’s subsidiary that offers rail freight services in Europe, will launch a new rail connection between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Eskilstuna Intermodal Terminal. The company will launch the service in January with...Read more
Rail freight in Norway has been constantly growing over the past few years, as Bane NOR, the Norwegian infrastructure manager mentioned. The first half of 2022 saw an eight per cent increase compared to the...Read more
A new set of tracks put the port of Larvik in `Norway back on the railway map. The port hasn’t been active in rail operations since 2012. However, increased customer demand pushed the authorities to...Read more
Dutch postal company PostNL will again transport parcels and letters by rail. The company will start with a weekly train service to Oslo. The last postal train ran through the Netherlands in 1997.Read more
A new rail freight connection is in the pipeline in Scandinavia. The port of Narvik will launch a rail link connecting it with Haparanda/Tornio on the Swedish-Finnish border. The service will commence in late April...Read more
Norway’s infrastructure manager Bane Nor will be among the sustainable pioneers of 2022. Trains in its network will run on emission-free clean energy coming from Norwegian hydropower starting this year, making Norway the frontrunner of...Read more
Freight transport by rail has so far been cheaper than transport by truck in most cases, but rising costs threaten to wipe out this advantage. This is according to a study by rail freight corridor...Read more
Fish products from Narvik, Norway’s northernmost terminal, now find their way to the rest of Europe via train. A new intermodal service organised by Norwegian Blue Water Shipping, in collaboration with CargoNet and Nor-log Thermo,...Read more