Noise differentiated track access charges under review
The effect of noise differentiated track access charges (NDTAC) in Europe is under review. Since 2015, it is legally possible for infrastructure managers to include a malus or bonus in the track access charge for...Read more
Most freight trains on Rail Baltica will be intermodal
The Rail Baltica line that is to connect Poland with Estonia by European gauge railway in 2026 will be a great stimulus for intermodal transport in the Baltic region. 80 per cent of freight trains...Read more
New rail freight service for agricultural products Seville-Valencia
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started a rail freight service this week to link the fluvial port of Seville with the ports of Cordoba and Valencia. With this service the company is responding to agricultural...Read more
Trial rail freight service between Tilburg and Changsha
GVT and Hunan Xiangou Express Co will run a test train from Changsha in China to Tilburg in the Netherlands, departing on the 16th of August. The freight train will arrive seventeen days later in...Read more
PKP has launched a new route to China
Polish railway company PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa (PKP LHS) has launched a new route to China. Running a trial, a container train has departed from Euroterminal in Slawkow, and it will continue its journey on...Read more
Civil works to repair the rail freight connection in Naples port
The national Italian rail company FS Group and the Naples port have signed an agreement to revive its rail freight connection. FS and the port authority will analyse the necessary civil works to repair the...Read more
Renfe will invest 282 million Euros in trains in 2018
The Spanish national company Renfe will invest 282 million Euros on buying and updating trains, accounting for 74 per cent of the total budgeted invest in 2018. Most of the purchases were committed since 2016, the...Read moreFrance to gradually take over SNCF debt
French president Emmanuel Macron announced that the state will gradually take over the debt of national rail operator SNCF, starting in January 2020. He also confirmed that he will continue pressing reforms of the company....Read more
Rail freight not as clean and sustainable as expected
In certain ways, rail freight seems to be less clean and sustainable as assumed. Diesel as well as electric locomotives emit much higher CO2 levels than expected. This was concluded in a research of the...Read more
‘Mexican rail freight sector lacks competition’
Mexico’s Antitrust Commission Cofece has concluded that there is a lack of competition in the national rail freight sector in a recently initiated investigation. “There are no real competition conditions in the rail freight sector, which...Read more
More rail Rotterdam-Germany can lead to major boost market share
The Port of Rotterdam could increase its market share in certain regions in south-west Germany by up to 23 per cent if additional rail connections are created. This is one of the outcomes of the...Read more
Duisburg-China traffic quadrupled since regular Silk Road train
In April 2015, the first regular cargo train departed from the southwestern city of Chongqing in China to arrive in Duisburg, Germany. It did so crossing the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe international line, which was established in 2011....Read more
Finland and Norway want to build first Arctic railway
Finland and Norway are exploring the possibility of developing a rail freight link between the northern Finnish town of Rovaniemi and the ice-free Norwegian Port of Kirkenes. The line would be the first rail link...Read moreRail freight link Buenos Aires and Jujuy re-opens after 10 years
The rail freight service between the Argentinian north-western province of Jujuy and Buenos Aires has resumed last month. The line had been closed for ten years. Re-opening of the line is set to reduce freight...Read more
New rail freight apprentice opportunities
In the UK, an international freight forwarding apprenticeship is currently being developed. Moreover, the British infrastructure manager Network Rail announced it is seeking to recruit seven engineers of the future from Wales and Borders to...Read more
SBB to restructure, 800 employees lose job
SBB Cargo, the rail freight subsidiary of Swiss Federal Railways will restructure its business operations over the next five years, as it suffered a loss of 31.8 million Euros in 2017. A stark decline in...Read more