Finland tests longer freight trains to intensify Russian transit
Finnish rail freight company VR Transpoint have successfully tested operation with a 830-metre-long train. It is a record figure for the railway between Vainikkala, an…
Translate4Rail to remove language barriers on European corridors
The International Union of Railways (UIC) and RailNetEurope (RNE) have joined forces for removing language barriers on rail freight corridors across Europe. Within the Translate4Rail…
Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road
The rail freight traffic between China and Europe is growing year by year. The logistics companies compete for every customer and every container. Therefore, they…
PKP Cargo got 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives
Siemens Mobility has delivered two Vectron multisystem locomotives to PKP Cargo. Thus, the German manufacturer finalised the 20-vehicle order of the Polish rail freight operator.…
PKP Cargo orders 31 Polish-made electric locomotives
PKP Cargo, EU’s second largest rail freight operator, has ordered 31 electric six-axle locomotives from Newag, a Polish rolling stock manufacturer. 24 vehicles will be…
First orders for Smartron freight locomotives in Bulgaria and Romania
Siemens Mobility has concluded the first orders to supply Smartron electric locomotives to Bulgaria and Romania. The Romanian logistics company E-P Rail purchased four vehicles…
PKP Cargo improves rail service on Baltic-Adriatic corridor
Czech freight operator Advanced World Transport (AWT), a subsidiary of PKP Cargo, has delivered a batch of cars from Czechia to the Slovenian port of…
SBB Cargo orders 20 locomotives for Rhine-Alpine Corridor
Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo International has ordered 20 Vectron multisystem locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The deal includes an option for 20 additional vehicles.…
Transmashholding tests new high-power freight locomotives
Russian rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding is testing new modifications of the Yermak and Peresvet freight locomotives. The vehicles consist of two and three sections respectively…
Stadler improves shunting at Finnish freight terminals
Stadler Rail has concluded an agreement with Finnish state-owned railway company VR Group for the delivery 60 new diesel-electric shunting locomotives. The vehicles will improve…
Rail Cargo Group strengthens multisystem fleet
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has called on an option from the 2017 deal for supplying 61 Vectron multisystem locomotives. The vehicles will be operated by…
New order for Smartron freight locomotives
Siemens Mobility has received a new order for 25 Smartron electric locomotives specially developed in accordance with the requirements of the German rail freight market.…