On Tuesday 9 February the first freight trains were able to depart from the Netherlands to Germany, after two days of complete standstill. It was only a beginning; the majority of the train services planned...Read more
Train drivers in the Netherlands that were exempted from their job due to heavy snowfall decided to pick up the arms, and help battle the snow. On Tuesday and Wednesday, staff of several railway undertakings...Read more
Despite efforts to restore the rail freight network in the Netherlands, traffic is still non-operational on Tuesday morning. This is true for the railways to and from the port of Rotterdam, railway lines in and...Read more
Starting on February 4, a new regular service connects the Port of Moerdijk, in the Netherlands, and the port of Antwerp three times per week. The new service is operated by Lineas and adds to...Read more
After doubling the net volume of freight between the mid-1990s and 2008, there is virtually no growth in rail freight transport in the Netherlands. This is evident from the 2019 Transport Monitor published by the...Read more
The shuttle train linking Coevorden in the north of the Netherlands with the Port of Rotterdam (Maasvlakte and Waalhaven), is to increase its roundtrips from three to six this year. The Coevorden shuttle had the...Read more
The intermodal connection between Milan and Rotterdam will have three new weekly itineraries as of 12 January 2021. The two cities are already connected with daily trains seven times per week. Good cooperation and demand...Read more
Since the extension of the New Silk Road to Tilburg in the Netherlands in 2016, rail transport between China and the Netherlands grows steadily and has become an important complementary logistics solution to air and...Read more
Kombiverkehr has added another terminal in the port of Rotterdam to its European intermodal network. Four times a week, trains of the Frankfurt-based operator will connect the Rotterdam Europoort P&O terminal with Duisburg Ruhrort Hafen...Read more
Today in RailFreight Live, we discuss the revealing report on the much-discussed Harbour Line of Rotterdam. The report gives rail freight operators a feeling of recognition after facing hindrance for many years on the railway...Read more
DB Cargo will start in mid-December of this year with a direct rail freight connection between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp on the one end, and southern Germany and Austria on the other. It...Read more
An investigation report with clear recommendations and concrete points for improvement to tackle the infrastructure problems in Rotterdam’s Harbour Line has been presented to the Dutch government. Infrastructure manager ProRail fully embraces the report and...Read more
The first direct train from China arrives in the port of Rotterdam this evening, 25 September. It carries Chinese goods originating from Xi’an. After unloading, the train will be reloaded with goods from Ireland, and...Read more
Over the next two years, an extra 700 million euros will be invested in the Dutch railway network. This allows infrastructure manager ProRail to solve problems on the Harbour Line, as well as the hill...Read more
Rail freight operators are fed up with the infrastructure problems on the tracks in the Rotterdam port area. They want ProRail to take responsibility and compensate all damage suffered. The damage is about 6 million...Read more
The last time a direct container train from China arrived in the port of Rotterdam was in 2015. Since then, cargo from China reached the Dutch port via hubs, such as Duisburg, Cologne or Tilburg....Read more
The Netherlands made the news several times this week, as new services connecting the ports to China popped up. While the first direct container train to the port of Rotterdam was launched, the port of...Read more
The port of Rotterdam has a lot to offer to the Polish market. Not only as a deep-sea port, but also for its rail connections. In most of the cases, the train is faster, said...Read more
