Topic: Wagon Maintenance

Investor’s eye: rail freight financing explained, tips and market outlook

INTERVIEWRail freight is among the fundamental investment pillars for Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB), providing a good business case for at least the coming 20 years. In an extensive interview, Christoph Pasternak, Sector Head Rail and Bus,...Read more

12-05-2023|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Slovakian ŽOS Trnava bags millions from deals with top rail freight companies

The Slovakian railway wagon repair workshop ŽOS Trnava sealed two new deals worth tens of millions with companies ÖBB and DB Cargo. The company won the tenders for the two contracts that concern the repair...Read more

09-05-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

RailWatch rolls-out monitoring system in three more countries

The German data provider company RailWatch leaps ahead with deploying its wayside wagon monitoring system across Europe. In 2021 RailWatch expanded its control stations in Germany while it partnered up with METRANS to develop the...Read more

02-02-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Railrelease to offer integrated leasing and maintenance services

Railrelease, a Netherlands headquartered railcar leasing company, acquired Combo Wagon Service (CWS), a wagon maintenance company. The acquisition targets the wagon maintenance market in which Railrelease wants to expand.Read more

18-10-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Mileage-based freight wagon maintenance enters the market in 2022

VTG will introduce an innovative wagon maintenance concept next year. The company will transition from time-based to mileage-based wagon maintenance. Using its VTG Connect service, it will perform maintenance on wagons only when needed and...Read more

02-06-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios