Topic: Rhine-Alpine Corridor

Ceneri Base Tunnel, is it really the missing link on the corridor?

The Ceneri Base Tunnel was an important piece of the puzzle, but certainly not the last on the corridor from Rotterdam to Milan. Which other missing links does the Rhine-Alpine Corridor have? And what is...Read more

08-09-2020|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Rail freight connection Freiburg-Basel has reopened

Rail freight traffic between Freiburg in Germany and Basel in Switzerland resumed Wednesday evening at at 20.30 (CET) after it was closed due to a fatal accident in the on the Rhine Valley railway in...Read more

08-04-2020|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

These are the alternative routes for Freiburg-Basel traffic

A map with possible alternative routes is available for traffic impacted by the accident on the Rhine Valley railway in Germany. A bridge near Augen collapsed, and a freight train collided with the concrete structure...Read more

03-04-2020|1 comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Siemens Vectron locomotives of SBB Cargo International, source: SBB

SBB Cargo orders 20 locomotives for Rhine-Alpine Corridor

Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo International has ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The deal includes an option for 20 additional vehicles. All the units will be used by SBB Cargo International...Read more

23-07-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

The tunnel in Rastatt is filled with concrete over a stretch of 50 metres in an effort to stabilize sunken railway tracks, source: Hollandse Hoogte

Digging for answers in Rastatt Tunnel

Nearly a year after a landslip at the now infamous Rastatt Tunnel paralysed European rail freight traffic, the soil at the site is investigated to analyse what went wrong. Joint venture (ARGE) Tunnel and Deutsche...Read more

02-07-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Award plaudits for freight-friendly Gotthard project

Visionaries who designed the Gotthard Base Tunnel – the world’s longest rail tunnel – to shift freight to rail on a mass scale have received the 2018 European Railway Award. Built over 17 years and costing...Read more

21-02-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

10 years and counting for Dutch Betuweroute freight line

Ten years after the opening of The Netherlands-Germany Betuweroute freight line, more than 20,000 freight trains are now using the route every year, linking into the strategic Rotterdam-Genoa (Rhine-Alpine) rail corridor which is so crucial...Read more

16-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy