Rail freight

Financial appeal PKP Cargo appeals to government for ‘coal decision’ compensation

Polish state rail freight operator PKP Cargo is appealing to the government for financial compensation. The company finds itself in troubled waters financially, which it…
Automation and digitalisation CargoBeamer launches automatic wagon inspection project with partners

CargoBeamer is launching a new research and development project for automatic wagon inspection in cooperation with its partners Fraunhofer IML and SGKV. The aim is…
Asia-EUrope capacity Kazakhstan to modernise nearly 200 stations by 2030 for more rail capacity

Kazakhstan is planning to modernise over 180 railway stations by 2030. With the investment, the country wants to grow throughput capacity on the railways. It…
Carrières de l’Ouest French quarry group diversifies into third party rail freight services

French quarry operator Carrières de l’Ouest, a major user of rail freight to move its aggregate products, has diversified into third-party services. The French company…
Infrastructure Netherlands building new connection between key Brabant and Betuwe rail freight routes

The Netherlands is connecting the Brabant and Betuwe lines. The two routes are key for rail freight. The new link is supposed to let trains…
Interview Romanian ministry ‘receptive’ to rail freight concerns

OPSFPR, the Romanian rail freight association, says that a recent meeting with the transport ministry has yielded some positive results. Rail freight parties took the…
high economic impact UK rail freight by the numbers

Britain’s infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has put the numbers up for rail freight. According to the agency, rail freight contributes billions to the UK economy…
Global IT outage Rail freight remains online despite Crowdstrike global IT outage

Much of the world was shaken up by an IT outage on the morning of Friday 19 July. A faulty security update from software company…
New rail services Antwerp enriched with two new international rail freight services

Antwerp will be the starting point for two new international rail freight services. XPO Logistics is launching a new multimodal route from Antwerp to Istanbul,…