This week in RailFreight Live: rail in winter times
In this week’s RailFreight Live show we talk with Jessica van den Bosch, who works for the Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail. She joins us in…
Network Rail’s Charlene Wallace: ‘We need to be a voice for the future’
There is a great opportunity for freight to assert itself in a way that hasn’t been seen for almost half a century. That was the…
RailFreight Live: a UK special this week
Brexit, railway capacity and freight for freeports in the UK. This week’s RailFreight Live is a dedicated UK edition. With the freight director of the…
In RailFreight Live: how to avoid congestion after Chinese New Year?
Every year the end of Chinese New Year is the start of rising volumes and demand for rail freight services between Europe and China. Last…
In RailFreight Live today: Rotterdam, Switzerland and P400 trailers
With the opening of the Ceneri Base tunnel in September 2020, the Rotterdam-Italy corridor is open for P400 trailers as well. This is a big…
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…
This week in RailFreight Live
Modern terminals under construction in key logistics places are in the news this month. Where Calais is currently witnessing the rise of a modern terminal…
This week in RailFreight Live
This week in RailFreight Live, we discuss the penalties on operating noisy trains in Germany. We talk about the UK’s Autumn Spending Review and the…
Today in RailFreight Live: DB Netze, GEFCO and Oxera
When causing delays on the German railways you will end up paying more for the use of these railways. Germany introduced a performance scheme last…
Today in RailFreight Live: Rotterdam’s Harbour Line and China’s hub policy
Today in RailFreight Live, we discuss the revealing report on the much-discussed Harbour Line of Rotterdam. The report gives rail freight operators a feeling of…
Watch RailFreight Live today: new China connections to Rotterdam
The Netherlands made the news several times this week, as new services connecting the ports to China popped up. While the first direct container train…
Watch the last edition of RailFreight Live here
An imbalance in the number of westbound and eastbound trains, combined with record volumes of cargo between Europe and China. It is a recipe for…