Rail Cargo Group equips wagon fleet with telematics devices
By the end of 2020, the freight cars of Rail Cargo Group will feature position detection, motion sensing and shock detection. The freight division of OBB has partnered up with A1 and A1 Digital to...Read more
Rail Cargo Group handles 400 trains Asia-Europe in 2018
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has reached its ambitious goal this month of handling a total of 400 trains between Asia and Europe in 2018. It transported more than 30,000 standard containers by rail between Asia...Read more
EU disapproves of broad gauge extension Bratislava-Vienna
The European Commission objects to the plan that will see an extension of the broad gauge railway line from Slovakia to Austria. Meanwhile, the project is about to enter the next phase, moving closer towards...Read more
Rail Cargo Group to become digital carrier by mid-2020
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), ÖBB’s freight division, has signed a contract with CRX Software for the application of the RailCube software solution. The IT solution will support the planning and dispatching of international trains. Since the...Read more
Austria-China line to be re-routed through Khorgos Gateway
The new freight link between Austria and China per rail will re-routed to the border crossing of Altynkol-Khorgos, an upcoming gateway between Kazakhstan and China. This was agreed by Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight...Read more
Regular Silk Road train service for Austria and Slovakia
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) – the freight transport division of ÖBB- and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), underlining their efforts to establish regular rail freight services between Austria, Slovakia and...Read more
New Vienna-Chengdu railway link launched
A new railway service connecting the Austrian capital Vienna with the Chinese freight hub Chengdu was launched with the first train departing in westbound direction on Thursday 12 April. It is the first direct railway...Read more
UTLC and Rail Cargo Group join forces on New Silk Road
Rail freight logistics company Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the rail freight division of the Österreichische Bundesbahnen (OBB) and JSC United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve rail freight connections and increase...Read more
Rail Cargo Group adds new Italy-China service
Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is strengthening its China-bound operations with the launch of a monthly container train from the Italian city of Mortara to Chengdu. It builds on a recent pilot and now regular...Read more
Rail Cargo Carrier Germany and RailCube in systems pilot
Rail Cargo Carrier Germany (RCC-DE), the German arm of ÖBB, Austria’s national rail freight division, has announced the launch of a short-term pilot scheme with software and systems developer Railcube for help with its operations...Read more
Terminal-free transport from factory to train
Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has successfully led a test event designed to get products faster from factory to train without the need for a dedicated goods terminal. RCG, the goods division of ÖBB, is...Read more
Deadline looms for RCG freight apprenticeships
The deadline for applying to join the Rail Cargo Group’s professional apprenticeship scheme closes on February 28. Young people have just under a week to apply for the RCG scheme which is offering them the...Read more
Crister Fritzon new Acting Chairman of CER
Crister Fritzon has been appointed as Acting Chairman of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) with immediate effect. Mr Fritzon is Chair of the Association of Swedish Train Operating Companies (ASTOC) and...Read more