Rail freight Poland gets hit, but future looks bright
Rail freight performance in Poland showed a decrease last year, but did reltalively well considering the pandemic that impacted the overall figures of rail. Moreover,…
The Netherlands sees drop in rail freight in 2020
In the Netherlands, 40 million tons of goods were transported by rail last year. This is 6.2 per cent less than in 2019. This decrease…
METRANS more than doubles New Silk Road traffic in 2020
In 2020, METRANS has increased the number of container trains travelling between Europe and China by 114 percent. This is despite the pandemic. According to…
DB Cargo’s loss more than doubled in 2020
Rail freight operator DB Cargo was hit hard by the corona crisis in 2020. The company saw its losses more than double. With an increase…
Swiss SBB Cargo suffers significant losses in 2020
The Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo suffered a loss of almost 35 million francs last year, which amounts to 31.2 million euros. This is…
Corona crisis led to 5% less rail freight in the Netherlands last year
Rail freight traffic to, from, within and through the Netherlands decreased by about five per cent in 2020. The main explanation for this is the…
Surge in China’s train departures mostly fueled by Russia, not Europe
The number of freight trains that departed China Russia and Europe increased by 50 per cent in 2020. However, this increase was mostly due to…
The best of 2020 – the year Britain kept calm and carried on
This is the good review of the year, with a strict rule to see beyond the unhealthy health headlines. The UK industry has been telling…
Ermewa: ‘we see 2020-2021 as an interim period to what we really want’
Ermewa is in the midst of a large modernisation scheme, upgrading more than twenty thousand wagons. These wagons are outdated, often fifty years old, and…