Line closures in the Slovenian railway network due to construction hinder rail operations to and from the port of Koper. METRANS cancelled four pairs of trains on 4 May and expects a further slowdown of...Read more
Slovenian Railways will upgrade parts of their railway network, and line closures will last for an extended period, probably causing disturbances in rail freight operations but also on timetables across the country.Read more
PHOTO GALLERYConstruction on the second railway line of the port of Koper stretching to Divača in Slovenia is advancing. The 27-kilometres long line project started construction works in May 2021 and is currently in the phase...Read more
Unprecedented congestion at the port of Koper in Slovenia has put its rail freight connections on hold. Trains cannot enter or exit the port terminal while services have to be rescheduled or cancelled.Read more
Camco Technologies is partnering with the port of Koper for the automated registration of its increasing container and rail wagon traffic. Supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme, the port of Koper is part of...Read more
A new freight train has been launched between the Slovenian Port of Koper and the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. It is the third rail service from Koper to Bratislava and the seventh one to Slovakia...Read more
Czech freight operator Advanced World Transport (AWT), a subsidiary of PKP Cargo, has delivered a batch of cars from Czechia to the Slovenian port of Koper. The operation was provided with one Vectron multisystem locomotive...Read more
The Slovenian port of Koper has a well-developed rail freight network linking to neighbouring landlocked countries such as Austria and Hungary. The harbour is also an important gateway for Slovakia and Czechia. In the last...Read more
FG Transfracht has connected its AlbatrosExpress network with the Slovenian port of Koper. Since 20 May it is offering direct services from the southern port to several destinations in Austria and Germany.
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Thursday 16 May is the second day of the RailFreight Summit 2019, taking place in the Polish city of Gdansk. Today’s discussions are dedicated to intermodal hubs in Poland and the emerging rail markets in...Read more
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance the second rail track of the Divača-Koper. The institution plan to allocate 250 million Euros for the 27-kilometre project. The development of Divača-Koper railway is a part of...Read more
SŽ-Tovorni promet, the freight subsidiary of the Slovenian railway company Slovenske železnice, plans to upgrade its fleet. The rail operator will acquire 20 new electric locomotives and 400 freight wagons by 2025. The company also...Read more
A tip of balance from northern to southern European ports in terms of intermodal traffic is not among the concerns of the port of Hamburg. The hinterland connections from the northern ports still prevail. This...Read more
Container traffic between Poland and the Slovenian port of Koper has reached a new milestone. In 2018, Baltic Rail delivered 13,464 TEUs of goods, demonstrating a volume increase of 30 per cent compared to 2017....Read more
Czech freight operator Advanced World Transport (AWT), subsidiary of Polish PKP Cargo, has purchased Slovenian transport company Primol-Rail. The deal allows the Polish mother company to strengthen its position in Slovenia and to increase the...Read more
Baltic Rail, an Estonia-based company, is developing a container train service between Southern Poland and the Slovenian port of Koper. The operator hopes that other countries will also connect to the route. Director of operations...Read more
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the Austrian state freight carrier, is intensifying its rail logistics activities in Slovenia, after becoming the majority shareholder of Intereuropa-FLG. It has now become Rail Cargo Logistics, with RCG’s stake up...Read more
