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A total of 60 tank wagons will be delivered to ČD Cargo.
Space-age technology using lasers and plasma jets is being trialed as a more sustainable way to vaporize autumn leaves from railway lines and minimize passenger delays in the future.
Rail freight falls only in seven Member States but increases in the remaining ones. This information comes from data on railway transport which have been published by Eurostat.
Cargounit and PESA have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 electric locomotives with a commuter engine, along with an option to supply a further 20 locomotives. The first 20 Gama Marathon locomotives are expected to be delivered to the CEE locomotive rental market company by the end of December next year.
Besides prolongation, the European Commission has approved also the modification of a German scheme to shift freight transport from road to inland waterways and rail. The measure originally approved by the Commission in October 2002 and prolonged on six occasions, most recently in April 2022, was set to expire in September 2022.
Alberta Midland Railway Terminal (AMRT), which is situated in Lamont country, Alberta, provides critical first and last-mile transportation and logistics solutions to an established local customer base. This is the latest investment through a partnership established by CC&L Infrastructure and Alpenglow in 2019 that has since grown to include six rail terminals across Canada and the United States.
Rhaetian Railway (RhB) took the world's longest narrow gauge passenger train on the UNESCO World Heritage route from the Albula Tunnel in Preda to the world-famous Landwasser Viaduct just outside Filisur.
The explosion occurred near the railway station.
John Newman was appointed as the president and CEO of Progress Rail and vice president of Caterpillar, which is the owner of Progress Rail. He replaces Marty Haycraft to retire.
Lumo, FirstRail, Beacon Rail, and Hitachi Rail celebrate the anniversary of their first service on this UK track.
Simultaneously DB Cargo prepares more than 1,000 freight wagons to fit for coal transports.
In the first half of this year (April 2022 – April 2023) there have already been 572 trespass incidents, resulting in 21,021 delay minutes for £1.1m to the industry.
The Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG voted unanimously at its meeting to appoint Marc Llistosella as the Chief Executive Officer of Knorr-Bremse AG for a period of three years with effect from January 1, 2023.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola globally, is making the switch from road to rail to distribute its soft drinks between its manufacturing sites and third-party warehouse locations across London and Yorkshire.
In the first nine months of 2022, almost the same freight volume was handled in the port of Rotterdam as last year: 351 million tonnes (+0.3%).
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) North has published a new plan for how the North’s railway should be electrified to help decarbonize rail freight and passenger lines across the region.
The heads of the ministries also discussed how to make railway transport more attractive and reliable.
Development of railway transport, the future shape of the TEN-T network, and energy prices. These are the main topics of an informal meeting of the Council of Ministers for Transport in Prague today.
Martin Hubeňák, Port Representative Central and Eastern Europe of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, estimates logistics development in the next months in an interview for RAILMARKET.com
This facility for 32 million euros is to contribute to the transport shift from road to rail. The total investment in the logistics center is to be about 160 million euros.
Unbeknown to Liverpool city center dwellers above or rail passengers below, for the last six months Network Rail has worked unnoticed on a key section of the Merseyrail network.
ETCS Level 2 was created to harmonize cross-border rail traffic. The most advanced version of Level 2 (Baseline 3) features optimized braking curves and also enhances odometric performance, enabling drivers to select the appropriate speed.
The main line of the UAE National Rail Network extends from Ghuweifat on the border of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and passes through the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, and Ras Al Khaimah.
By 2030, half a million freight wagons across Europe are to be equipped with Digital Automatic Coupling.
LTG Cargo Polska, a subsidiary of “LTG Cargo”, the freight transportation company of the Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LTG) Group, has started providing rail transport services for Cedrob – one of Poland’s largest poultry producers.
The expected start date of the contract is 17 October 2022.
The maintenance involves passenger trains, high-speed trains, locomotives, and subways.
TRACO (TRAnsition COnnectivity for road and rail freight) is a freight location tracking solution that is to optimize intermodal activity at transport terminals, connecting rail and road freight journeys.
On a total of six roundtrips per week, CargoBeamer enables the transport of craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers as well as P400, refrigerated, silo, and container units by train.
Eversholt Rail has reached agreement with Varamis Rail to lease a Class 321 Swift Express Freight train to deliver light goods at high speed across the UK. Varamis will be running services 5 nights a week.
A freight train carrying toxic benzene missed a signal in the early evening on Monday, ran into a dead end, and then hit a stop sign.
The Port of Antwerp-Bruges and PSA Antwerp gave the official green light for the renewal of the quayside and terminal at Europa Terminal.
The locomotives will be built at Union Pacific’s North Little Rock, Arkansas, facility with the prototype expected to be delivered in late 2023 and five additional units arriving in 2024.
Its calculations are based on current data from the budget committee of the Bundestag. Therefore Pro-Rail Alliance demands a share of HGV toll revenues for rail infrastructure.
She will take over from Peter Balzer, the current CEO, who will continue to assist with the smooth implementation of Wascosa’s development strategy as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wascosa Holding.
TX Logistik AG (Mercitalia Group) has introduced the third generation of its NiKRASA technology.
First-of-its-kind integrated facility will create 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, and reduce port and freeway congestion around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The new aluminum welding line will create at least 100 new jobs at Alstom's Wroclaw plant and is linked to investments of almost €10 million.
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) stresses the need to avoid a paradoxical situation where fossil-fuel-reliant transport modes gain a competitive advantage over more sustainable, electric-based transport modes such as railways.
Hupac offers new opportunities for climate-friendly transport between Italy and Poland. A direct shuttle train will start on 10.10.2022.
The deal is estimated to be 17 mil EUR
Mathias Leiner, 44, will start as the second managing director at ERS Railways. In this position, he will take over the management of the Hamburg-based intermodal transport operator together with managing director Bernd Decker.
RAILMARKET.com's interview with Stefan Kemper, Senior Strategic Director, Siemens Mobility at InnoTrans 2022.
The flex freight system is a modular concept that allows flexible utilization of a container flat wagon with a variety of superstructures that can be mounted on top according to the type of product to be transported, increasing the flexibility of the use of the base rail wagon.
Its forecasts show that up to 60% more goods could be transported by Swiss rail by 2050.
The new route is one of the longest connections which was ever managed by the Italian rail undertaking. The length is about 1300 km and headed through three states.
This project is based on practicable linking of AI processes with requirements and approval procedures in railway environments.
The rail service of Arcese connects the terminals of Manopello - Interporto D'Abruzzo in Southern Italy and Ostrava-Mošnov.
The company completed one mile of boundary fencing renewals with a difference on Glasgow’s south side. Hedgehog-friendly holes have been included in a timber fencing renewal at Muirend to allow them to move freely in and around railway property.
This is the main conclusion of the InnoTrans 2022 workshop on the topic 'Enhancing Data Interoperability in the Railway Sector'.