Technology & Innovation

Adif will install advanced technology for real-time remote monitoring of level crossings on the railway network

This initiative is part of other actions such as the implementation of acoustic and light signaling, and the incorporation of artificial vision systems that detect the presence of obstacles at level crossings.

September 7, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

Johannes Lager: rail connections have to be stable and cheap to prevail in Austria

National Sea Logistics Customer Care Manager in Kuehne+Nagel company and his views on the actual challenges in railway transport.

September 6, 2022 · 3 min read

Passenger Rail

Czech railway and infrastructure managers have a couple of months to solve the crisis in passenger transport

“We are interested in ensuring that reliability, as one of the key characteristics of rail transport, is also valid on the Czech railway, not only in Switzerland,” says Czech minister of transport Martin Kupka in the second part of the interview for RAILMARKET.com, which focuses on passenger rail transport.

September 5, 2022 · 5 min read

Business

Shocking CCTV footage: Youths risk their lives at a Yorkshire station

New figures reveal that young people are involved in more than half of incidents at one Yorkshire station - 6 of the 11 incidents reported at Cross Gates station in the past year involved young people.

September 2, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

Stadler will have new CEO Markus Bernsteiner

The Board of Directors has appointed him as the new Group CEO with effect from 1 January 2023. The current CEO Peter Spuhler will become the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

September 1, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

ÖBB Rail Cargo has introduced a new TransFER connection from Benelux and the Ruhr area to Romania and Turkey

The line will have a fixed timetable with three round trips per week.

September 1, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

A.P. Moller - Maersk and China International Marine Containers announced the termination of previously announced transaction

Whereby China International Marine Containers (CIMC) would acquire Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a leading manufacturer of refrigerated containers, from Maersk.

August 31, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Cargounit enters the Romanian market

Last week, Cargounit leased a Smartron locomotive, manufactured by Siemens Mobility, to Romanian company Unicom Transit at Băneasa Royal Station in Bucharest.

August 31, 2022 · 2 min read

Passenger Rail

After a series of delays on Czech railways, the bonuses for managers of the railway infrastructure will change

The system of remuneration and indicators linked to the annual remuneration of members of the Správa železnic (Railway Administration) management for 2023 includes new criteria. They aim to focus the functioning of this state organization not only on investments but also on ensuring greater reliability of the railway network in the Czech Republic.

August 30, 2022 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

North Wales opens new rail freight route. Each train removes approximately 76 lorries from the roads.

Welsh slate aggregate is being transported to Luton via rail freight for the first time, thanks to a joint initiative between Network Rail, construction materials company Breedon, and the Welsh Government.

August 29, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

DB Cargo Italia strengthens its infrastructure

The Italian carrier is relying on the new state-of-the-art Lesegno freight station.

August 29, 2022 · 2 min read

Passenger Rail

World's first 100% hydrogen-operated route in Germany

Alstom company starts passenger service on this route with 14 Coradia iLint trains in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany.

August 26, 2022 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

Mattoni's freight trains has replaced 20 000 full loaded truck for the last 10 years

On August 28, 2012, the first train with local mineral water left the main bottling plant of Mattoni mineral water company along the restored siding to the nearest railway station.

August 25, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

German emergency measures: coal freight trains have absolute priority

The resolution was adopted by the government because of the low water level on the Rhine. The river carries coal to power stations.

August 25, 2022 · 2 min read

Rolling Stock

Metra to create battery-powered locomotives for Progress Rail

The Metra Board of Directors approved a first-of-its-kind plan to convert up to six of Metra’s oldest diesel locomotives to zero-emission battery power.

August 24, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

Alstom, DB Cargo Belgium and DB Cargo Netherlands sign a maintenance contract for 60 locomotives

The contract is to provide full-service maintenance for the fleet of 60 DE-6400 locomotives operating in Belgium and the Netherlands.

August 24, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

ThPA S.A. expands intermodal operations to Niš, Serbia

ThPA S.A. launched a new regular service with block trains between Thessaloniki and Niš, Serbia.

August 23, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

Inspection of railway sleepers in Germany ends: first results speak of manufacturer's fault

Damage to DB is expected in the amount of hundreds of million euros.

August 23, 2022 · 3 min read

Rolling Stock

Alstom has received an additional order for 15 new-generation Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains from SNCF Voyageurs

The trains ordered are the new generation 4-voltage high-speed trains worth almost 590 million euros.

August 22, 2022 · 2 min read

Technology & Innovation

ScottishPower explores green hydrogen at Port of Felixstowe to help decarbonize the UK’s busiest port.

100MW facility could deliver up to 40 tonnes of green hydrogen per day - enough to power 1300 hydrogen trucks. International export is also being explored.

August 19, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

Saudi Arabia has signed memorandum of understanding with Alstom

MoU wants to mainly find investment opportunities in the transport sector.

August 18, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

ČD Cargo transported another metro set to Warszaw

On Sunday 14 August 2022, another six-car metro train left the gates of the ŠKODA plant in Plzeň and traveled with ČD Cargo via Prague, Havlíčkův Brod, Brno, Přerov, and Bohumín to the Polish capital.

August 18, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

Hupac presented a preview of its new Terminal Brwinów in Poland

The project is to be finished within a few more weeks.

August 17, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

Court of Frankfurt/M. has dismissed the action for damages brought by DB against Czech steel producer Moravia Steel

Frankfurt's regional court made this decision on the grounds that it is time-barred.

August 17, 2022 · 3 min read

Technology & Innovation

Wabtec Corporation has opened its first Transit Performance Optimization Center (TPOC) for Europe

The new center, located in Derby UK uses real-time monitoring and analytics.

August 16, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

The Swiss InterRail Group opened an independent operating company in Turkey.

The company's managing director was appointed Enver Eser.

August 16, 2022 · 2 min read

Passenger Rail

Hopelessness on Czech railways

Thousands of travelers are often affected by up to ten hours of delay. Heads will roll within Správa železnic, the state provider of the national and regional railway infrastructure.

August 15, 2022 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

Faster rail transport between the Czech Republic and Poland

The new product is operated by EP Cargo company.

August 12, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

ShipMonk's first logistics center in continental Europe is built in the Czech Republic.

ShipMonk, an American-Czech company, focuses on outsourcing logistics for American e-shops for which it stores and ships their goods. Cheb town is suitable, among other things, for the European rail corridor from Prague to Nuremberg passes through the town. In addition, the railway connection with the border areas of Germany and the Czech Republic is provided by a local line.

August 11, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

New CEO of Ciech Cargo, the carrier of the Ciech chemical group

Andrzej Pawłowski has been appointed since the beginnig of August.

August 10, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

Czechia: reconstructions of railway lines are delayed and also more expensive. Costs of priority projects have increased by 95%

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) focused on how the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and the Railway Administration (Správa železnic - SŽ) allocated state and EU funds for the reconstruction of selected non-corridor railway lines from 2016 to mid-2021.

August 10, 2022 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

Estonian locomotive is allowed to operate on the Finnish railway

After nearly a year of test drives, the Finnish Transport and Communication Agency Traficom granted permission for the first C30-MF locomotive constructed in Operail’s depot in Tapa, Estonia, to operate on the Finnish public railway.

August 9, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

Maersk to acquire Danish company Martin Bencher Group to strengthen the handling of project logistics

Maersk has reached an agreement to acquire Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based project logistics company with capabilities within non-containerized project logistics. Simultaneously Maersk announced to deliver record revenue, more than 50 percent.

August 9, 2022 · 3 min read

Freight Rail

Digitalisation is necessary for effective railway traffic

EU presidency Transport Minister Martin Kupka: digitalisation is a way to make significant savings in terms of the efficiency of transport connections. Another topic of the EU presidency is the further development of the TEN-T network – key routes across Europe, both on rail and in other modes of transport.

August 8, 2022 · 5 min read

Rolling Stock

Germany: train crashed into stationary freight wagons

At the Herne container terminal in North Rhine-Westphalia, a train collided with several stationary freight wagons. The driver was nearly crushed by the wagons but he jumped off in time.

August 5, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

New research regarding LiDAR technology allows train driver to see environment behind train and detect objects on tracks.

The research of FH Aachen aims to develop a train shunting assistance system based on an advanced sensor set including Blickfeld LiDAR technology.

August 5, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

DB Netz AG has appointed a new Chairman of the Management Board

The 40-year-old Philipp Nagl will take over as Chairman of the Management Board of DB Netz AG from the half of August 2022.

August 4, 2022 · 2 min read

Freight Rail

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group: new TransFER connections between Central Europe and Turkey

The company has announced that they establish three new lines and one updating trip.

August 4, 2022 · 2 min read

Rolling Stock

Tortoise on rail: giant turtle stopped train transport on track in southeast England

The animal, which photo shows being injured on the shell, escaped from a pet shop.

August 3, 2022 · 1 min read

Business

Dark Bahntower: DB is getting to join German cities in saving energy and turning off headquarters evening illumination

Employees get an energy bonus of up to 150 euros if they manage to save energy at their workplaces as well and the campaign is successful.

August 3, 2022 · 2 min read

Rolling Stock

Shunting locomotive for tough weather conditions even beyond the Arctic Circle

Three TEM18DM diesel locomotives manufactured by the Bryansk Engineering Plant (BMZ, part of Transmashholding) have joined the locomotive fleet of Karelsky Okatysh JSC (a subsidiary of Severstal PJSC) in 2022

August 2, 2022 · 2 min read

Rolling Stock

Siemens Mobility supplies 10 Vectron locomotives to ČD Cargo

The Czech largest rail freight carrier ČD Cargo and Siemens Mobility Czech Republic signed a contract in mid-July for the purchase of ten interoperable multi-system Siemens Vectron MS electric locomotives (variant A54).

August 2, 2022 · 2 min read

Passenger Rail

Hybrid between train and air has been presented in Toronto

TransPod unveils the FluxJet, a vehicle for ultra-high-speed transportation of passengers and cargo at over 1,000km/h.

August 1, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

DB: "We are back in the black"

For the whole year 2022, DB expects an operating profit of more than one billion euros.

August 1, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

215 million euros due to covid for Deutsche Bahn from the German government is justified, EC decided

The European Commission approves state aid in German to compensate Deutsche Bahn for damages suffered by its subsidiaries because of the coronavirus pandemic.

July 29, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

New intermodal connection between Tilbury2 and Manchester means 20.000 fewer lorries annually

Maritime Transport introduces rail service in partnership with P&O Ferries, connecting TILBURY2 with the newly-refurbished Trafford Park Euroterminal in Manchester.

July 28, 2022 · 2 min read

Business

The European Commission removes Russia and Belarus from the TEN-T maps

On the contrary, the proposal extends four European Transport Corridors to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.

July 28, 2022 · 2 min read

Technology & Innovation

Historical breakthrough on London to Birmingham route

Dorothy, HS2’s whopping 2000-tonne custom-made tunnel boring machine (TBM), made the very first tunneling breakthrough on Europe’s largest infrastructure project.

July 27, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

Despite the covid and other world issues, Operail, the Estonian state freight rail company had the best results in its history

The international rail company AS Operail closed the year 2021 successfully: the group’s revenue increased to 73 million euros, which is a 12 percent increase compared to the previous year. Thanks to added freight volumes and improved work efficiency, the group’s EBITDA increased to 17.2 million euros, which is an impressive 16 percent increase compared to the previous year.

July 26, 2022 · 3 min read

Business

Port of Rotterdam: total throughput slightly higher (almost 1%), declining trade with Russia notwithstanding

A week after Antwerp-Bruges, RAILMARKET.com brings figures from another important European port. There are a lot of changes caused by the war in Ukraine in this port's throughput as well.

July 26, 2022 · 7 min read