Spain is allocating 468 million euros to carry out necessary upgrades along the future rolling highway between Spain’s largest port in Algeciras and Zaragoza. In total, 43 tunnels and 131 overpasses will be expanded to...Read more
Ukrainian Railways dispatched its first rolling highway train to Poland carrying 13 tractors with semi-trailers. The preferred route for the service was the one linking Sknyliv (Ukraine) with Slawkow (Poland) via the Izov-Hrubeshiv border crossing...Read more
The opening of the new standard gauge rolling highway between Algeciras and Zaragoza, which was expected by the end of 2024, is being postponed indefinitely. The main causes behind this, according to the commissioner for...Read more
The rolling highway (RoLa) between Novara and Freiburg has experienced a 12 per cent increase in trucks transported via rail during the first nine months of 2023 compared to the same period last year. According...Read more
analysisSpain is negotiating with the European Union (EU) to unlock the funds included in the country’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), and rail freight is playing a crucial role. The EU wants Madrid to implement...Read more
Shipping giant MSC has been selected to take over 50 per cent of the Spanish national rail freight operator Renfe Mercancías. The initiative is expected to help Renfe Merciancías’ operations and finances, given that the...Read more
A new Rolling Highway service between Madrid and Valencia, suitable for non-cranable semi-trailers, will be in service at the beginning 2024. The initiative is carried out by Tramesa, from Spain, and TransItalia, from Italy, both...Read more
The Brenner Pass, the main rail border crossing between Italy and Austria, will be closed for “extensive work in the railway tunnels”, between 6 and 23 August, as The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) said. Freight...Read more
Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, will invest 18,3 million euros to upgrade the railway line between Ronda and the country’s largest port: Algeciras. The project will be carried out by a consortium that will involve...Read more
The Spanish government has allocated 32 million euros in the General State Budget for 2023 for the construction of the Algeciras-Zaragoza Rolling Highway. Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, is in charge of the project. This...Read more
Usually, when speaking about freight trains, one pictures them carrying cargo. However, there are freight trains known as rolling highways that transport trucks. One such service is the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight, which transports lorries...Read more