Topic: Rail Freight Corridors

Joint call for reform on Europe’s Rail Freight Corridors

Two representative bodies, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), and the European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM) have put their joint weight behind a qualified endorsement of Europe’s Rail Freight Corridors. They agree...Read more

30-07-2020|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Rail hub Genoa to stage UIC Global Rail Freight Conference

The Italian port city of Genoa, which sits on a crucial European freight corridor, will host the International Union of Railways’ (UIC) 6th Global Rail Freight Conference this June. ‘Modal Integration at the service of Global...Read more

22-01-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

EU project for ‘real time’ sharing of freight train ETAs

The Royal Dutch Transport association (KNV), which represents rail freight employers, is to lead a Europe-wide project on the real-time exchange of data on the arrival times of freight trains. It will work with intermodal body...Read more

07-07-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

ERFA urges rail operators to ‘commit more’ to freight

Railway undertakings (RUs) must start prioritising projects which maintain momentum of the Rail Freight Corridors following last year’s Rotterdam agreement, says the European Rail Freight Association (ERFA). The call for more action came at their...Read more

13-04-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

UIC: combined transport still main European freight driver

Combined transport is still the main driver for freight movements in Europe, while rail’s modal split share is strongest in Central & Eastern Europe, says the International Union of Railways (UIC). The ‘2016 Report on Combined...Read more

06-04-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy