China is no longer supplying Belarusian Railways with 15 ordered locomotives. The locomotives contain American components that are not allowed to be exported to Belarus,…
Deutsche Bahn (DB) confirms that there is an internal restructuring plan. The plan is supposed to lay the groundwork for the company’s profitability by 2027.…
Between January and August of 2024, rail freight traffic between Russia and China amounted to 117 million tonnes. That is a growth of 8,7 per…
Swiss rail operator SBB recorded a half-yearly profit of 50,8 million francs (54,4 million euros), but stresses that the financial situation at the company remains…
Private equity firm CVC has made a change to its offer for DB Schenker. It is raising the stakes as its direct competitor for the…
The Luxembourgish company CFL multimodal is going to run a new intermodal service connecting its terminal in Bettembourg-Dudelange (LU) with the terminal Railport Arad in…
The European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) has presented four key policy points that it wants the new European Commission to implement. The association wants European…
Finnish transport company VR Transpoint has announced that it will need to temporarily fire an approximate 550 people. It has commenced negotiations to make that…
The initial construction phase of a new container terminal in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia has been completed. The terminal, unambiguously dubbed Container Terminal Vinnytsia…
Kazakhstan’s energy ministry has put forward a proposal to ban petroleum product exports via rail. Supposedly, fuels are being exported under the guise of so-called…
Hundreds of Eurasian rail and supply chain professionals are gathering in one place. Key Silk Road topics are highlighted on the agenda. A European capital…
Rising track access charges (TAC) in Germany are threatening the very existence of private wagon keepers and wagon maintenance companies, according to the German Private…
Nine French rail operators are seeking compensation from SNCF Réseau claiming it abused a force majeure clause to avoid compensating for train cancellations during strikes…
The upward development of Silk Road traffic and volumes transiting via Kazakh, Russian and Belarusian rail infrastructure is also confirmed by numbers. Statistics made available…
The annual increase in tolls paid by rail freight operators in France over the next couple of years is expected to be in line with…
In the UK, the home fires are no longer burning. It really is the end of coal. Although rail delivered the last load on 28…
The sentiment around rail freight is too often negative, not least due to lack of expertise of general news media. That is the view of…
Kazakhstan’s energy ministry has put forward a proposal to ban petroleum product exports via rail. Supposedly, fuels are being exported under the guise of so-called…
Russian Railways (RZD) introduced a number of significant discounts on International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) rail transport two years ago, reducing transportation fees by up…
Within this framework, on 4 October, an executive of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) attended the 5th Eurasian Forum on Transport Safety and Digitalization, held in Almaty…
After the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia suspended its regular priority rules for the rail network. Since then, Russian Railways (RZD) has had…
The port of Venice, in northeastern Italy, launched a new rail freight connection for steel and metal products to Montirone, near Brescia. With this new…
Cinérites Transport & Logistique (CTL), freight forwarding arm of French quarry operator, Carrières de l’Ouest, has officially inaugurated a multi-modal freight terminal at the inland…
British retail giant Tesco is continuing its modal shift initiative with the introduction of its tenth rail freight service in the United Kingdom. The new…
French company Open Modal, is understood to be in exclusive negotiations with SNCF Réseau to acquire and modernise the existing road-rail combined transport terminal located…
A French State programme to invest 100 billion euros in rail transport up until 2040 could hit the buffers as a consequence of State budgetary…
The management of rail capacity across the European Union is in dire need of changing, especially if the mission is to boost international rail freight…
After some time of relative calm, a new round of collective labour bargaining is again on German rail’s doorstep. The country’s largest trade union, EVG,…
After the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia suspended its regular priority rules for the rail network. Since then, Russian Railways (RZD) has had…
Within this framework, on 4 October, an executive of Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) attended the 5th Eurasian Forum on Transport Safety and Digitalization, held in Almaty…
Pushing ahead with the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) would be like “shooting ourselves in the foot”, warn Czech and Slovak rail associations ŽESNAD…
Twenty Romanian diesel shunting locomotives have been saved and given an opportunity for revival. The locomotives would typically be scrapped as they near the end…
Digitisation and digitalisation are two of the most used words when discussing the future of rail freight. RailCube, a software company based in Rotterdam, provides…
The Omani-Emirati joint venture Hafeet Rail is purchasing 27 new heavy-haul freight locomotives from Progress Rail. The deal now comes after the joint venture secured…
Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, near the border…
After disastrous floods hit Austria in September, the country’s rail infrastructure was left with unprecedented damage, especially in the northeast, in the area of the…
The German Christian Democratic parliamentary group CDU/CSU rejected Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) project for German access to the Brenner Base Tunnel, running between Austria and Italy.…