Put waste on the rails, says Austria
In Austria, a legal amendment has been proposed to increase the transport of waste by rail. Currently, 80 per cent of this waste is still…
EU Council adopts important rail conclusions
The European Transport Ministers, gathered virtually at their EU Council meeting, adopted two important sets of Council Conclusions on EU rail and on the EU…
Nestlé’s Glass Train shifts more cargo from road to rail
In France, Nestlé Water is bringing more trains to the rails for the transport of reusable water bottles to and from the production site. The…
Earth Day calls for more intermodal worldwide
Today, Thursday 22 April it is Earth Day, also the start of the World Leaders Summit on Climate. There is no better day to highlight…
Government grants for Dutch companies that want to shift to rail
The Dutch government will financially support companies in the Netherlands that want to shift transport volumes from road to rail or barge. An amount of…
‘Rail the real hero of 2020 for the logistics industry’
Rail is the grand winner of 2020. That is of course what rail operators say, but it is also what logistics companies offering multiple solutions…
Coca Cola truck becomes Coca Cola train in Germany
Coca Cola and DB Cargo have agreed to expand the rail portfolio of the soda giant in Germany. By the middle of 2021, thirteen sites…
Volkswagen makes modal shift happen: rail dominates road in 2020
Volkswagen Navarra reached its historical record for the distribution of cars by rail in 2020. For the first time, the rail transport volumes exceeded those…
ÖBB launches EU Year of Rail locomotive
Austrian operator ÖBB has given one of their locomotives a special European Year of Rail design. The locomotive was presented at a ceremony at Vienna…
Port of Moerdijk wants to run 100 trains per week after summer
The number of trains to and from the Dutch Port of Moerdijk has almost doubled in recent years to just under three thousand a year.…
Dutch fashion store choses rail freight to Spain
Starting this Thursday, Dutch fashion store Zeeman transports its products by rail to Granollers, northeast of Barcelona in Spain. For this, the retailer has partnered…
With the Brenner Basis Tunnel, Austria is not there yet
The first freight trains must run through the 55-kilometer-long Austrian prestige project, the Brenner Basis Tunnel (BBT), in ten years from now. The Alpine country…