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Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) signed a second fixed contract from a framework agreement with Stadler and ordered 35 new double-deck KISS trains.
EP Cargo has announced it offers a new transloading point between broad and standard gauge railways at the Slovakian-Ukrainian border. For this, the siding of the Vojany power plant will be used.
Overall 4.5 billion EUR for 436 new trains, 57 overhauled trains and 50 locomotives. This is one of Europe’s major fleet renewal plans by the Spanish state-owned Renfe.
Leading freight wagons leasing company, GATX, is implementing new telematics and sensor offerings that will be completely renewed on all of its wagons by the end of 2023.
The new addition will increase weekly departures and open the terminal for wagonload traffic and semitrailers on wagons.
The newly-formed Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Class I railroad in North America has revealed the livery that will be applied to its locomotives. At the same time, a new link between Mexico, Texas and the US Southeast was created.
With over 400 Faccns wagons in the fleet of GATX, the wagons leasing company now offer an improved version of this wagon for construction materials, such as crushed stones, gravel or limestone.
Britain’s new high-speed rail network, High Speed 2, has teamed up with Altair, to develop an automated civil engineering design process driven by its software tool, that can reduce embedded carbon in HS2’s viaducts by up to 10%.
Based on a study of the Conseil d’Orientations des Infrastructures (COI), obsolete Corail trains used on the Transversale Sud line will be replaced by 20 new CAF Oxygène electric trains.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) signed a 7-year contract with Transport Scotlant to provide motive power for Caledonian Sleeper – an overnight service connecting London with Scotland.
Asset manager and lessor Northrail, on behalf of RIVE Private Investment, concluded a framework agreement with Alstom to deliver up to 50 Traxx Universal locomotives, with a fixed order for the first fifteen locomotives.
Making rail freight competitive with road transport is a challenge overall, but general cargo is the cherry on the cake. The discussion on what we can learn from other modes of transportation was held by Menlo79, during their regular RAILTALKS event in Berlin.
Helrom has closed a loan financing agreement with DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing and Société Générale worth €34.5 million.
Wabtec Corporation will deliver 35 Dash 8 and 34 Dash 8 pre-owned locomotives to 6 Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) subsidiaries by the end of 2023.
A rebirth for rail freight wagons manufacturing in Italy: Titagarh Firema SpA, a company belonging to the Indian Titagarh group, launched a division dedicated to manufacturing wagons, and GCF is their launching customer.
Olavion, the transportation division of the Unimot energy group, is leasing four additional electric locomotives from Rail Capital Partners.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has awarded a contract to a South Korean consortium to design the High-Speed Railway line connecting Katowice and the Polish-Czech border.
Based on the financial report for the 2022 fiscal year, Kombiverkehr achieved higher volumes and revenues despite the inflation, high energies and disruptions in infrastructure.
Lithuanian railway operator, LTG Link, has signed a contract with Stadler to manufacture fifteen electric (EMU) and battery-electric (BEMU) multiple units from the FLIRT product range.
After Rail Force One, also RTB Cargo unveiled its first Euro9000 locomotive, made by Stadler Valencia and leased from European Loc Poll (ELP).
Additional multisystem locomotives from the contracted option will complement the existing fleet of Newag locomotives at PKP Intercity at the turn of 2023 and 2024.
SBB Cargo is preparing for times when only battery and electric locomotives will be deployed in Switzerland. Until then, it has solved the issue with its only relevant diesel locomotives fleet with their sale & leaseback.
In a span of a single week, two rolling stock manufacturers and one leasing company announced round numbers that celebrate their milestones.
With a new facility in Karratha, the new wagon manufacturing and repair facility will be much closer to Pilbara’s iron ore mining sites of Rio Tinto around Pilbara.
A joint venture of CE Industries and J&T Private Equity Group has entered OT Logistics through DD Rail Properties, which acquired 49.99% of the Polish port and logistics group.
Terminali Italia expands rail freight capabilities with a new terminal in Bagnolo and launches customs corridor approval between the Port of La Spezia and the Segrate terminal near Milan.
French Occitanie region has witnessed the successful end of tests of the Coradia Polyvalent unit that has been “hybridised” from a bimodal electric and diesel train into a trimodal unit, adding batteries to its propulsion systems.
Swiss intermodal wagons leasing company MFD Rail is procuring up to 600 wagons platforms to provide them for Rail Cargo Group’s plans to transport more waste by rail.
Slovenian national passenger rail company, Slovenske železnice – Potniški promet (SŽ PP), will buy additional 20 diesel multiple units from Stadler.
Olavion, a rail freight operator of the Unimot Group, is buying four six-axle DC locomotives from Newag with an option for 16 more of these locomotives.
According to data from the Chinese Ministry of Transport, almost 5 billion tons of cargo were transported on China’s railways in 2022.
Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has just secured 9.5 million tonnes of cargo shipments for voestalpine plants, both for raw materials and finished goods, until the end of 2025.
The first six out of 30 refurbished double-deck wagons were handed over to Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) for operation on the standard gauge railway (SGR).
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a loan of €200 million to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsya or UZ).
This week’s summary of the new connections, deliveries, tests and rentals is here:
The oldest continually operating rail system west of the Mississippi, Caltrain, has seen the first electric trains on its tracks in 160 years.
VTG, a leading rail freight wagons rental company, is expanding its last-minute service of available wagons and stations one set of Sggmrs flat wagons in France.
Adif, the Spanish rail infrastructure company, has just signed agreements for railway highways with two operators that will offer semitrailers transportation by rail between Madrid, Seville and Huesca.
The Polish Office of Rail Transport (UTK) has issued a certificate of admission for PESA’s hydrogen locomotive for operational tests.
SBB, the Swiss Federal Railways, is buying back the 35% stake in the rail freight carrier SBB Cargo from its minority shareholder, Swiss Combi.
European rail freight operators are taking more creative approaches to marketing. A leading example is CAPTRAIN España which has just launched a promotional campaign. The winner will get a trip for two to Paris.
CZ Loko’s most successful export product, EffiShunter 1000, can now be tested on the Swedish rail network. The manufacturer sends three more locomotives to Sweden.
Czech rail trade fair, Rail Business Days 2023 in Ostrava, have shown the Stadler KISS unit for ZSSK, as well as Pesa RegioFox unit and Škoda Group RegioPanter units for ČD.
This week, European Loc Pool (ELP) is starting its tour to get the Stadler EuroDual locomotive approved in four Balkan countries. Railmarket News interviewed its Sales Account Manager, Ľubomír Dlábik, for more details.
Polish national rail freight carrier, PKP CARGO, achieved encouraging financial results in Q1 2023, mostly as a result of the high demand for coal in the previous period. The focus on profitability will remain as signs of an economic slowdown are ahead.
Here are the latest new connections and additional news from rail freight operators in Europe:
RAILPOOL started the decade-long leasing of five multisystem Siemens Vectron locomotives to SBB Cargo International.
Czech passenger rail operator, České dráhy (ČD), has ordered 14 CZ LOKO EffiShunter 1000M locomotives in 2022. At the end of May 2023, the first finished locomotive appeared.
The battery locomotive will be designed as a heavy haul freight locomotive capable of working in Australia’s harsh operating conditions.
Operail, the Estonian state-owned railway company, has managed to weather a difficult financial year by divesting non-strategic businesses.