Medway will reopen this Portugal-Germany line after ten years
Medway will launch a new rail connection between Portugal and Germany. Vasco da Gama is the name of the train that, in the first quarter…
MEDWAY Portugal: 82 million euros for SMART wagons
MEDWAY Portugal is leading a consortium that is planning on investing over 82 million euros to improve the Portuguese railway infrastructure. One of the main…
SNCF to acquire Takargo, Portugal’s leading private rail freight operator
Groupe SNCF has announced plans to acquire Takargo, Portugal’s leading private rail freight operator and a subsidiary of Portuguese construction group Mota-Engil.
Largest Iberian terminal to be gets green light for construction
Lousado terminal, which is branded as the largest rail freight terminal ever built in the Iberian peninsula, got the needed signatures to kick off construction…
EU wants Spain and Portugal to push infrastructure investments
The Portuguese and Spanish governments should increase their budgets for rail and port infrastructure. This is the recommendation of the European Commission. The institute considers…
Medway to develop logistics centre in Sines, Portugal
The Portuguese rail freight company Medway will develop a logistics area in the Port of Sines, in the region of Alentejo. The project will be…
Portuguese government presents 2030 Rail Investment Plan
The Portuguese government has presented 2030 infrastructure investment plan to the national parliament. It consists of nineteen rail projects at a total budget of 4.1…
Portugal to upgrade railway between Ovar and Gaia
The Portuguese Transport Ministry has published the tender for the civil work of the railway link from Ovar to Vilanova de Gaia, in the north…
Portugal plans better railway connections to Port of Setubal
The Portuguese Port of Setubal will have its railway connections improved. Studies regarding the project are currently carried out, the Ministry of Development and the…
Portuguese northern corridor to reduce rail freight costs by 30%
The completion of the railway line connecting Sines in Portugal and Caia in Spain will reduce Portuguese rail freight costs by 30 per cent. This…
Rail freight connection Salamanca-Aveiro completed in 2021
The rail freight connection between the Spanish city of Salamanca and the Portuguese port of Aveiro is expected to be completed in 2021. The Spanish…