The Western End of the New Silk Road
Do not just look at the New Silk Road from a western perspective, plead Richard T. Griffiths, one of the speakers at the Silk Road…
Re-design of European timetable starts in December
A pilot phase proposing radical changes to the railway timetabling procedures of Europe starts in December 2017. Currently, international train operations are difficult to coordinate…
New block train service Budapest-Cologne
A new block train service now runs between Budapest in Hungary and Cologne in Germany. The service has been launched by Ekol Logistics, which provides…
Twenty Chinese cities on Eurasian rail freight network
With a new rail freight line linking the north-western Chinese province of Qinghai with the European part of Russia, the number of Chinese cities connected…
Iran reports major boost in freight transport per rail
Rail freight transport volumes in Iran have increased rapidly since March this year. In the period 21st of March – 8th of August, transit of…
DB cargo sees increase refugees on freight trains
There has been an increase in the number of refugees that hide under freight trains to enter the country of arrival in the last few months.…
Global rail freight numbers increased in 2016
According to a report published by research firm Marketline, the global rail freight market valued 160 billion Euros in 2016, indicating a growth of 0,5…
UTLC launches new container route Poland-China
UTLC JCS and Belintertrans-Germany LLC have launched a new container route between Poland and China via the Belarusian border crossing Kuznitsa/Bruzgi last week, in cooperation…