Topic: Rotterdam-Genoa rail freight corridor

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

Work starts on Dutch section of Betuweroute rail freight corridor

Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail starts work this month on its section of the vital international Betuweroute rail freight route linking The Netherlands and Germany, and part of the strategic Rotterdam-Genoa freight corridor. Work to add...Read more

09-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Rhine-Alpine rail freight corridor could see longer trains by 2021

Longer freight trains could be operating on the vital Rhine-Alpine rail freight corridor by 2021, building on the ‘booming success’ of the route which saw nearly 170,000 international freight trains operate in 2016, European ministers...Read more

02-06-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy