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With this contract, the company expands into Switzerland, a new country for the Škoda Group.
RAILMARKET.com recommends movies with railway themes for cozy winter nights. Enjoy the excitement of train travel in the comfort of your own home.
For the first time, DB, Stadler and its engineering joint venture AngelStar have prepared locomotives for ETCS without the involvement of the locomotive manufacturer.
XPO Logistics has launched a new multimodal route between Italy and Germany, combining road and rail.
Company's revenue decreased significantly to USD 12.1 billion from USD 22.8 billion in Q3 2022, with an EBIT margin of 4.4%, impacted by lower freight rates and lower volumes.
In an interview for RAILMARKET NEWS, Dalibor Michalek of RAILVIS explains how the platform works and how customers can save time and money.
At a coordination meeting convened by the Czech Railway Authority, the top managers of the eleven most important railway companies in the Czech Republic agreed on further joint action in the implementation of ETCS.
SBB estimates that the Gotthard Base Tunnel will not be fully operational for passenger and freight trains until September 2024.
In the first 9 months of this year, the turnover of goods through the Dostyk-Alashankou (PRC) crossing increased by 17% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 11.8 million tonnes. Imports amounted to 3.3 million tonnes (+4%) and exports to 8.5 million tonnes (+24%).
Railway company Operail has cut operating costs as much as possible, but continued to operate at a loss in the third quarter.
KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a €100 million green loan to the Norwegian railway company Bane NOR Eiendom. The loan is split into two equal tranches with maturities of 7 and 9.5 years.
In its latest study "Railway Electrification - Global Market Development 2023", SCI Verkehr forecasts global annual growth of almost five percent until 2027.
The terminal is operated by three companies - Samskip, Duisburger Hafen AG and TX Logistik AG
VTG is offering this system as a project-related option to further increase the efficiency of freight train handling.
Europe's second largest lessor of electric locomotives thus invests to participate in the growing French rail leasing market.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed its largest ever loan agreement in the Czech Republic with the Ministry of Finance for €992 million to support the modernisation of the country's rail network.
Since July this year, Ermewa has delivered 102 brand new intermodal wagons to Mercitalia Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian State Railways.
The agreement covers the maintenance of up to 20 Alstom TRAXX locomotives at its depots in Italy over a period of eight years.
Siemens Mobility has announced the introduction of 18 Desiro HC double-decker trains on the Franconia-Thuringia Express route.
In an exclusive interview with Petr Krumphanzl, Executive Director of the Ukrainian-Czech Chamber of Commerce, RAILMARKET.com NEWS discusses the vital role of logistics in Ukraine and the potential for cooperation in post-conflict reconstruction.
According to initial reports, five people were injured. Passengers were evacuated from the train in time.
Oxford Properties Group and Logistics Capital Partners have started construction on the UK's largest logistics development, West Midlands Interchange.
1423 tons of rapeseed from Ukraine were delivered in 54 containers. The cargo from Ukraine arrived at the port of Riga via the Kaunas intermodal railway terminal.
The signed agreement will enable the financing of the complete project documentation (including the construction project) and the necessary documents for the 140 km long High Speed Rail (HSR) section: Warsaw - CPK - Lodz.
Wascosa Group has completed the €90m increase of its existing investment facility and the inclusion of a second €150m investment facility.
The contract is the largest ever awarded to a Czech company in Uzbekistan.
A few days ago, Czech Railways (ČD) took over and commissioned two more Siemens Vectron locomotives (193.576, 193.577) from the leasing company RSL.
This demonstration marks the first introduction of a hydrogen-powered train in the Middle East and Africa.
The colossal DB Cargo UK train rolled into the port's multimodal site carrying nearly 2,000 tonnes of valuable alloy metals.
Next year, the consortium Siemens Mobility - Škoda Group will deliver almost 200 coaches to the Czech railway company České dráhy. RAILMARKET.com NEWS asked Siemens Mobility for details of this type of wagon.
The new RCG TransFER route Vienna-Kyiv was presented at transport logistic in Munich, now the first test train is preparing for future transports.
Four-year framework agreement represents significant market share in switch business in Denmark.
The digital tool Spot, a walking robot, was unveiled at the freight station in Mainz, where it will help identify wagons and inspect axles.
Infrabel has once again chosen Lineas to support the infrastructure needs of the Liège region in Belgium next year.
During this period, the Czech Republic's largest rail freight carrier earned €20 million before tax.
Alstom has selected Knorr-Bremse to equip new Swedish high-speed trains with braking systems controlled by the latest evolution of the CubeControl brake control system.
It is the world's first retrofit solution for existing rail cars to enable autonomous operation without a locomotive.
New TransFER links the commercial centres of Central Europe with those of Central Asia via the Middle Corridor with sixteen new intermodal services.
Key objectives for third term: support for European freight transport, decarbonisation and expansion of European rail infrastructure.
The DualShunter 2000 dual locomotive, powered by a combustion engine or overhead line power, will have its trade fair premiere in Gdansk at Europe's second largest railway fair, Trako.
GATX Rail Europe's South East Europe team has completed the delivery of 78 Tagnpps 95m3 grain wagons to Global Rail Solution SRL.
Greenfield Auctions sells machinery and equipment of the insolvent TransTec F&E Vetschau GmbH at online auction.
Board of Directors has chosen Benjamin Niederhauser (36) as the new leader of the Division Components and a member of Stadler's Group Executive Board from 1st October 2023.
The new TransFER Verona-Wuppertal provides a south-north freight connection and ensures uninterrupted network access between northern Italy and the Ruhr area.
The first shortened ComfortJet train, consisting of six wagons, has arrived at the test track of the Railway Test Centre in Velim, Czech Republic.
The first container train from Russia to Iran was launched via the Incheh Borun border and dispatched to Saudi Arabia.
The accident happened on Sunday 10 September as the freight train carrying cement passed through Geseke, west of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The European Commission has published a package of revised technical standards to improve cross-border rail interoperability - the so-called 'Technical Specifications for Interoperability' (TSIs).
So far, 22 wagons have been removed from the tunnel, as well as two locomotives. Currently, 8 wagons are still in the tunnel.
CER, ERFA and UIRR call on the European Parliament and the European Council to maintain the package approach when considering the legislative proposals in the "Greening Freight Transport Package" (GFTP) presented by the European Commission.