Kyiv-Vienna rail freight services could commence by year’s end
Intermodal railway connections between Ukraine and Austria might soon become a reality. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) and Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight subsidiary of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), pledged to develop a route running...Read more
European rail freight companies unite against DB Netz’s cancellation fees
Seven of the largest rail freight companies in Europe are jointly asking German infrastructure manager DB Netz to review their cancellation fee that will be applied in 2024. The companies are Rail Cargo Group, SBB...Read more
RCG launches first connection between Kyiv and Vienna
NEWS FROM MUNICHRail Cargo Group is launching a new connection between Vienna and Kyiv. This is the first connection between Ukraine and the Austrian company’s network in Central Europe. This was revealed at the Transport Logistic fair...Read more
Deutsche Bahn completes digital freight train test run
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has completed the first practical test of the so-called digital freight train. This test train was equipped with various prototypes of digital automatic couplers (DAC). The trial convoy ran throughout Europe for...Read more
More Italy-Austria connections, all ending in Villach
Two new rail freight services connecting Italy and Austria have been launched by ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The service, as the company claimed, provides end-to-end logistics solutions, including first and last-mile deliveries.Read more
Budapest has a new gateway service to the Adriatic seaports
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail freight connection between Budapest, Hungary, and Rijeka, Croatia. This new service is expected to benefit cargo flows in both directions. Moreover, it also opens up...Read more
Rail Cargo Group to expand in Serbia and China
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the freight arm of the Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), will expand with a new branch and a new carrier in Serbia and China in 2023. The announcements were made at the...Read more
Czech Republic-Wilhelmshaven is RCG’s latest network addition
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group is getting back to the rail freight connections game stronger. The Austria-based company added a new end-to-end service in its TransFER network linking Melnik in the Czech Republic with Wilhelmshaven in...Read more
RCG and A1 equip 11,000 freight wagons with SmartCargo Devices
Rail Cargo Group and A1 have reached the milestone of equipping 11,000 freight wagons with SmartCargo devices. SmartCargo technology allows for position detection, shock detection, and more efficient maintenance.Read moreRCG boosts rail shipments of Ukrainian grain
Efforts to increase exports from Ukraine are led by rail operators like Austrian logistics specialist ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG), which announced it will step up grain transport from the war-torn country.Read more
What did the DAC4EU train do in Austria?
In late January, a freight train equipped with the Digital Automatic Coupling technology started a test trip from Berlin to cross Europe and assess the technology. In February, it spent some days in Austria, testing...Read more
New connection to three-border region Switzerland-Germany-France
ÖBB’s subsidiary Rail Cargo Group has launched a new railway service between Austria and Switzerland. Three times per week a blocktrain shuttles between the Swiss terminal Frenkendorf, near the border with Germany and France and...Read more
RCG’s Austria-Germany train makes detour to Scandinavia
ÖBB’s subsidiary Rail Cargo Group has launched a new wagonload connection between Austria and Sweden. As part of the existing TransFER Linz-Duisburg-Wels, a train now also departs towards Malmö twice a week since the beginning...Read more
‘Austrian rail sector, be more attractive for potential staff’
The Austrian railway company ÖBB has sat around the table with the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), one of the largest nature and environmental protection organisations in the world, and they agreed about three...Read more
Alcohol and cars on the train between Italy and Russia
ÖBB’s Rail Cargo Group, together with its Russian logistics partner the Novik Group, launches a new weekly connection between Italy and Russia. The two-way service connects Milan with the Russian cities of Chernyakhovsk in Kaliningrad...Read more
Metals welcome onboard a new train to port of Trieste
Rail Cargo Group is expanding its network for conventional wagonloads with a new connection between Villach (Villach South Terminal) and Trieste (Piattaforma Logistica di Trieste). This connection is particularly suitable for the transport of wood,...Read more
First China train arrives in Austrian city of Graz
The Austrian city of Graz is welcoming its first train from China this morning. A loaded block train with 41 40-foot containers filled with consumer items from Suzhou rolled into the Cargo Center Graz in...Read moreRCG links Brno to Budapest and further to Turkey
ÖBB’s Rail Cargo Group links Brno in the Czech Republic and Köseköy in Turkey with two critical moves. As of 5 May, it launches a new rail link between Brno and Budapest with a frequency...Read more
From sea to land, rail transforms transport through the Balkans
How much do we know about rail connections between Greece, the Balkans and Central Europe? What about connections between these regions and China through maritime transport? It might sound like fiction, but it is true:...Read more