In May, Swedish Railways made a serious appeal for additional investments in rail freight. A quarter of the country’s industry is affected by rail disruptions,…
A new rail freight line across the Öresund strait, connecting Denmark and Sweden, is going to be necessary in the future. The infrastructure that is…
Rail technology specialists 3Squared are just months away from deploying their PathPlanner software solution, which they believe will make far better use of spare network…
Europe’s major infrastructure managers and railway undertakings have laid the cornerstones of the future of Digital Capacity Management (DCM). DCM will contribute to freeing up…
In Europe, about a quarter of railway capacity is lost because train paths are not optimally used. As a result, rail transport lacks the flexibility…
Now that passenger traffic gradually returns to the railways of Europe, it is a good moment to reflect on the much-debated capacity issue for freight.…
UK freight operators face additional traffic from today, as the government relaxes some lockdown regulations, and sanctions a more intensive passenger timetable. However, even though…
With the cancellation of passenger trains in many countries during the ongoing corona crisis, an opportunity is born for the rail freight industry. The freed…
There is too much capacity wasted on the congested Dutch railway network. This concluded Pier Eringa, CEO of infrastructure manager ProRail at RailTech Europe 2019.…
The UK’s new rail freight strategy sets out how the sector can grow despite the erosion of some key markets. Industry experts have largely welcomed…