Lithuania sent empty wagons with Russian army logo back to Kaliningrad
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service stopped and sent back five empty wagons with the symbols of the Russian Airborne Forces coming from Guryevsk, 20…
EU sanctions on Russia impact Estonia: ‘rail might disappear’
Operail, the Estonian state-owned international transport and logistics company, has halved its freight volumes in the first nine months of 2022. In addition, the decrease…
Ukrainian rail industry needs a new Marshall Plan
The Global Ukraine Rail Task Force is asking for a new Marshall Plan for the Ukrainian rail freight sector. The plan, as the name suggests,…
Rail war: 3,330 ammunition-loaded wagons between Russia-Belarus
Russia and Belarus have exchanged over 100,000 tonnes of ammunition via rail between February and September 2022. The Community of Railway Workers of Belarus’ Telegram…
Not broad gauge to Europe, but normal gauge to Ukraine
The possibility of extending the European railway gauge to Ukraine and Moldova has become more than just a proposal. The European Commission and the European…
Rail guerrillas in Russia bomb railway section to Belarus
A railway section near Novozybkov, close to the Russian borders with Belarus and Ukraine was damaged by the deployment of explosive devices. The damaged tracks…
Finland’s VR will stop rail freight traffic to Russia by the end of the year
VR Group, the Finnish state-owned railway company, said it will stop the transportation of goods to Russia by the end of 2022. In April, VR Group…
Aftermath of Kerch bridge: rail freight comes to the rescue, for now
While reparations are being carried out on the road section of the Kerch bridge in Crimea, traffic of goods on the bridge has been moved…