Rail Cargo Group adds new Italy-China service
Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is strengthening its China-bound operations with the launch of a monthly container train from the Italian city of Mortara to Chengdu. It builds on a recent pilot and now regular...Read more
Amsterdam set to join China rail freight trail
Amsterdam will next year join the growing band of European locations providing a direct rail freight service to China as part of the modern incarnation of the historic ‘Silk Road’. The Port of Amsterdam will...Read more
Rail Cargo Group launches new Italy-Romania intermodal route
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), Austria’s national rail freight operator, has launched a new return service between northern Italy and Romania, seeking to take advantage of what has so far been an underdeveloped intermodal corridor. The...Read more
Swiss & Austrian ‘smart train’ tests semi-autonomous braking
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) and SBB Cargo, the national rail freight carriers of Austria and Switzerland, are pooling resources to develop their own ‘intelligent freight train’. It will feature a semi-autonomous braking system as part...Read more
Austrian timber transport deal bolsters Rail Cargo Group
The Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has extended its agreement with Forst Holz Papier (FHP) and will continue to transport its timber products which are so vital to the national forestry, timber and paper industries...Read more
Austrian Rail Cargo Group given national quality mark
A prestigious ‘seal of quality’ has been awarded to Austria’s national freight carrier, the Rail Cargo Group (RCG), for its work as a reliable partner of the national economy. The ‘Leitbetriebe Austria’ (Leading Companies Austria)...Read moreSafe as wooden houses for Rail Cargo Group
The Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is launching a new rail freight service transporting timber panels used to make wooden houses between Austria, Sweden and Norway. The agreement with Stora Enso, one of Scandinavia’s biggest renewable...Read more
Rail Cargo Group expands Slovenian operations
Rail Cargo Group (RCG), the Austrian state freight carrier, is intensifying its rail logistics activities in Slovenia, after becoming the majority shareholder of Intereuropa-FLG. It has now become Rail Cargo Logistics, with RCG’s stake up...Read more