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 more
RCG 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
RCG adds one more roundtrip to the Trieste-Vienna-Linz route
As of 1 March, Rail Cargo Group will enrich its TransFER Trieste-Vienna-Linz-Trieste route with another weekly triangular roundtrip. This means that the company will offer two itineraries per week, strengthening its connection to one of...Read more
This 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
Austria announces discount on track access charges
Following the example of France, the Austrian government wants to support rail freight operators with a discount on the user charges for the rail infrastructure. It made this announcement last Saturday. The measures are expected...Read more
RCG launches Transfer Duisburg-Venice
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has launched a new railway service linking the German hub of Duisburg and Venice on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It entails a direct service, running three times per week between...Read more
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 moreRail 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