Green electricity for all RCG trains in Germany
After its Austrian network, Rail Cargo Group is now operating its German network entirely by green electricity. Trains on all TransFER services in Germany are running on traction current that comes 100 per cent from...Read more
RCG: rail is the only sustainable transport mode, now and for the next 10-15 years
For Rail Cargo Group, 2020 is the year when unexpected struggles and anticipated innovations came along. As the company states: “We are not immune to the impacts of Covid-19, but in 2020 we also reached...Read more
Venlo receives first direct trains from China
Last week, Greenport rail terminal in Venlo received four trains from the city of Jinan, China. The trains were carrying clothing goods of the company PVH. After completing a trip of around 11,000 kilometres, they...Read more
Discounts for ROLA trips on the Brenner axis
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group is reducing its prices for the Rolling Road (ROLA) through the Brenner axis. The basic price for trucks weighing less than 40.5 tonnes is discounted, and there is a special price...Read more
Digital Automatic Coupling high on European agenda
Digital Automatic Coupling has been marked high on the rail freight agenda of Europe. Already a key project when it comes to the digitalisation drive of the industry, it received the backing of the Rail...Read moreThis is how smart and simple rail freight can be
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has launched a new tool to access its newly established ‘digital world’. It is called SmartLINK and the system is already live. The tool provides access to available services and also...Read more
‘Digital automatic coupling should revolutionise European rail freight’
By the end of this decade, digital automatic coupling should be the norm in Europe. That is the aim of the DAC4EU consortium. The first tests journeys are currently carried out with what are now...Read more
Rail Cargo Group rolls out new transport management system
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has commissioned the Dutch company Yellowstar to develop a new Transport Management System (TMS) and Terminal Operating System (TOS) for controlling its international intermodal transport operations. The roll-out of the new...Read more
Train loaded with ‘made in Austria’ fibers on its way to China
A new rail freight service from Austria to China departed in the eastward direction this morning. It is a test journey from Vienna to Xi’an with Shanghai as the final destination. The service was brought...Read moreEuropean rail freight companies test automatic coupling
Six European rail freight companies led by DB Cargo have started the trials of digital automatic coupling (DAC) on wagons. The pilot project is dedicated to demonstrating, testing and obtaining regulatory approval for this technology....Read more
Rail Cargo Group launches new China connections via Turkey to Europe
Rail Cargo Group has launched two new connections from Turkey to Europe. The Romanian hub of Curtici and the Hungarian capital of Budapest are now connected to respectively Istanbul and Köseköy. With the new rail...Read moreTransFER Wolfurt–Rotterdam expanded with a stop in Switzerland
ÖBB-subsidiary Rail Cargo Group has added Frenkendorf to its network. The Swiss city is now an additional stop on the connection between Wolfurt (Austria) and Rotterdam.Read more
New on rail: rapeseed in flexi-tanks from Siberia to China
Rail Cargo Group and FESCO Transport Group have jointly organised the first multimodal transport of rapeseed oil from Krasnoyarsk, the third largest city in Siberia, to the Chinese port of Nantong. The product was transported...Read more
Extra rail services for much-needed salt, coffee and tomato paste
Rail Cargo Group has set up additional rail freight services to enable the shipment of salt from Austria to Hungary, Italy and Croatia. According to the ÖBB-subsidiary, the supply of this basic commodity is urgently...Read more
Toilet paper and alcohol: rail operator RCG makes sure you get it
If there are currently two products high in demand during the corona crisis, it is toilet paper and disinfectants. Rail Cargo Group welcomed two new customers that ask for the transport of paper and alcohol...Read moreFreight trains between Austria and Italy run steadily
Freight trains between Austria and Italy run as usual in spite of cancellations of passenger connections due to the coronavirus. Rail Cargo Group, the freight operator of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), provides its services according...Read more
Intermodal transport Italy not affected by coronavirus
There is no need to worry about the continuance of intermodal transport to and from Northern Italy, which reported an unexpected outbreak of the coronavirus this weekend. This is the assurance of the the European...Read moreRail Cargo Group puts intelligent freight trains on the track
By the end of 2020, freight cars of the Austrian Rail Cargo Group will feature position detection, motion sensing and shock detection. The freight division of the ÖBB is partnering up with A1 and A1...Read more
Hungary and Azerbaijan come closer together
ADY Container, subsidiary of Azerbaijan’s national railway company and the Hungarian subsidiaries of the Rail Cargo Group, which is a branch of the Austrian ÖBB have joined forces to organise container freight between Central and...Read more