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The project represents an investment of about EUR 166.5m (BRL 1bn) and will be implemented in phases through 2031.
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana will get EUR 4bn in additional funding under the 2025 update to its 2022-2026 investment contract with Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
The Hamburg-based wagon leasing and logistics company informed employees at the site during an internal event.
European Loc Pool, Akiem and CARGOUNIT have delivered locomotives to freight operators in Germany, Poland and the Baltic region. The handovers cover EuroDual, Dragon 2 and Vectron locomotives.
The Plzeň-based rolling stock manufacturer plans a full transition from the Škoda name and winged arrow logo by June 2029.
The trains will operate in northern Croatia and are planned to enter service in 2028 and early 2029.
The frames are produced in Slovenia and assembled into complete InnoBogies at InnoWay Trieste in Italy.
The trial ran from 29 June to 13 July 2026 and tested a regional freight service covering the full supply chain from loading to delivery.
Rafael Sterling, previously Talgo’s general manager, is leaving the company to begin a new professional role.
Hungrail said the sector is under pressure from falling demand, higher operating costs and exchange-rate effects.
The Croatian freight operator said the movement supports the development of intermodal vehicle flows via Rijeka.
The handover starts the final delivery phase for 10 Dragon 2 locomotives ordered for the Polish operator’s fleet.
Schienen-Control’s 2025 annual report shows further growth for non-ÖBB operators in Austrian rail freight, while passenger services reached a new record level.
Luxembourg's railway is moving off GSM-R in stages rather than a single cutover. A recent Eviden webinar made the case that the interworking function, the piece that lets old and new radiocommunication systems talk to each other, is what decides whether trains keep running through the switch.
The work forms part of continued investment in the Beira Corridor, which links the Port of Beira with Zimbabwe and other Southern African markets.
The service connects GTA’s Il Faldo yard at Livorno, Automar’s Pontecagnano site and the Automar terminal at Gioia Tauro.
The company plans to start transporting part of its waste volumes by rail from January 2027.
The train carried consumer goods and arrived in Talcahuano one day after departing south from Santiago.
The scheme includes road and rail infrastructure to connect the terminal with Poland’s domestic network and European freight corridors.
The appointment was approved on 13 July 2026 by the new FS Group Board of Directors, chaired by Tommaso Tanzilli.
The facility will be the port operator’s fifth rail terminal and is due for completion in spring 2027.
The proposal targets DB InfraGO’s network access charges, which apply to rail freight, long-distance passenger and regional passenger operators using most of Germany’s public rail network.
The first phase, called Starter Service, is funded and covers three daily return trips on existing railway corridors.
The funding will support the extension of high-speed rail and upgrades on the Kenitra–Marrakech corridor.
The 160 km route is fully closed from 10 July to 12 December 2026 while works are carried out on track, stations, signalling, overhead line equipment and civil structures.
The locomotives arrived at the Port of Douala in June 2026 and will support initial ore transport between the Inland Rail Facility and Douala in Q3 2026.
ENON selected the Euro9000 after earlier operation of Stadler’s EuroDual platform.
The French railway group said 107 employees will represent the company in the 2026 parade in Paris.
The trains entered service on 6 July 2026 after testing and approval work for the new fleet.
Another Italian freight rail carrier leases a DC3 Traxx from the German leasing company.
The trains are due to enter operation on routes in the region during the summer travel period.
The train entered service between Laas and Mals as part of the line’s electrification programme.
The decision follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in early June 2026.
During the clearance process, a technical team from GRDA, port officials and representatives of the manufacturer inspected the locomotives to confirm their readiness for deployment.
The North Container Summit 2026 took place in Vilnius on 28–29 May, bringing together more than 200 transport and logistics professionals from over 15 countries across Europe and Central Asia.
The agreement opens a co-development phase of up to 30 months.
The facility adds 38,000 m² of depot space for loaded and empty containers at the combined transport location.
The train is operating commuter services in the Oslo area and on the Jæren Line.
The test was carried out on one of the more demanding sections of the corridor, where the southern ramp reaches gradients of up to 23‰.
The handover adds further leased traction capacity for the Italian rail freight operator.
The regulator reported freight traffic of 127bn tonne-km, down from 134bn tonne-km in 2024.
The FS Italiane Board of Directors met in Rome on June 30, 2026.
The reported decline followed an April figure of 64.4%, when DB had met its long-distance punctuality target of 61.9%.
The project is budgeted at EUR 498m (CHF 467.5m) and will create separate alignments for rail, national road and local traffic by 2037.
The first renewed shipment started in November 2025, with the service now continuing as a regular flow.
The dual-mode locomotives will add to the operator’s existing CZ LOKO fleet.
A joint venture of CE Industries and Auctor Holding has entered OT Logistics through DD Rail Properties, which acquired 49.99% of the Polish port and logistics group.
The cases cited concern trains transiting Romania from Curtici towards Giurgiu in June 2026, reaching commercial speed below 6 km/h.
The dedicated rail service links the Delhi-area export market in Haryana with Mundra, a container port in Gujarat on the Arabian Sea.
The locomotive was delivered las week, completing the Wabtec part of CPKC’s locomotive fleet renewal programme.