Rhine water levels: not last year’s perfect storm, rail could still help
Draught season is here again, and Europe’a trade and transport main artery is facing issues. Rhine water levels are lowering faster than last year, posing…
Hupac: rough year with traffic and turnover slowdown
Hupac experienced a tough year in 2022 and saw its volumes and economic turnover drop. The intermodal company carried 1,104,000 road consignments in combined transport,…
Railterminal Gelderland one step closer to realisation
Construction of Railterminal Gelderland in the Netherlands is one step closer to realisation. The choice for Valburg as its location has now also been approved…
Infrabel renews tracks in Leuven for longer trains
Infrabel, Belgium’s infrastructure manager, is implementing a renewal project on the tracks of the Bundle M station at Leuven. The works include the reconstruction of…
How can capacity be improved on the Rhine-Alpine Corridor?
The Rhine-Alpine corridor could be considered the backbone of European rail freight. It’s already the most heavily used freight route on the continent but is…
Brenner Tunnel to be four times longer on Italian side
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has awarded the first section of the extension of the Brenner Base Tunnel, a 22.5 kilometre railway line on the Italian…
Rhine valley still closed-DB Netz urged to act
The landslide in the Middle Rhine Valley on 15 March continues causing significant disturbances on rail freight operations. After the incident, restoration works have been…
Middle Rhine Valley remains closed for freight traffic till Easter
Following the landslide at the Middle Rhine Valley on 15 March, disruption of freight traffic on the European Rhine-Alpine corridor has intensified. DB Netz has…
Landslide blocks Middle Rhine Valley: are freight trains to blame?
A landslide at the Middle Rhine Valley near Kestert has blocked the underlying railway, with no traffic possible the entire week. On Monday 15 March…