Renfe Mercancias and SNCF-owned rail freight company Viia have started a piggyback service between Barcelona and Bettembourg in Luxembourg. The first train departed on 20 February. It is for the first time that this type...Read more
The Belgian port of Ghent has established the missing rail freight link which connects the hub to a multimodal network spanning from Luxembourg to Italy and Turkey. Ghent is now connected directly with the CFL...Read more
In order to make the most of the newly formed North Sea Port, a number of bottlenecks need to be addressed on the railway network. This was the conclusion of research carried out into the...Read more
Belgium’s Flemish Government and regional port partners have launched a new campaign calling for new initiatives that will make the transport of goods – with rail identified as a key element – to and from...Read more
The European Commission (EC) has approved a 650,000 Euros grant for a potentially vital new Belgian-Dutch cross border rail freight link that is central to plans for a merger between the ports of Ghent and...Read more
A merger between the Port of Ghent and Zeeland Seaports, which are seeking to establish a dedicated cross-border rail freight link, is a step closer following an exploratory study. Shareholders and staff will now have...Read more
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail and former Betuweroute manager KeyRail have been fined a total of 400,000 Euros over a fire caused by a collision involving two goods trains carrying dangerous substances.
A court in The...Read more
A new freight service linking Belgium and Sweden reflects the growing demand for a modal shift towards rail, says its provider, B Logistics. The Sweden Xpress will also fit in ‘beautifully’ with the Port of Ghent’s...Read more
