The incident caused no injuries and involved no hazardous materials, but damaged track and overhead line equipment along the corridor.
The campaign, originally scheduled to last 80–85 days, was completed in 76 days, with deliveries finished by mid-December.
Around 250 representatives from politics, industry and the rail sector met in Hamburg for the 16th VPI Symposium to discuss the growing challenges facing rail freight. Topics ranged from European regulation and infrastructure policy to digitalisation and day-to-day operational constraints.
The test forms part of the commissioning phase of the 679 km railway section authorised for freight traffic by Brazil’s National Land Transport Agency (ANTT).
The operator employs more than 800 staff and runs a fleet of 76 locomotives and over 2,700 freight wagons.
The CombiLink service operates four round trips per day and doubles capacity on the north–south axis across the Alps.
Czech rail freight operator ČD Cargo has appointed Radim Ječný as Chairman of the Board, effective 1 February 2026. The move comes as European rail freight faces falling volumes, rising costs and structural pressure.
The first services entered operation with the December 2025 timetable change, running on the Dresden (Friedrichstadt) – Děčín – Kúty – Štúrovo corridor.
The operation took place in December and used wagons of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia adapted for operation across different track gauges.
The Landaben plant shipped a total of 225,134 vehicles during the year, with 117,394 cars transported by train and 107,740 by road.
The flows are handled for binderholz subsidiary b-solution and build on a logistics relationship between the two companies spanning more than 40 years.
This is the first deployment of wagon assets reserved for Hyundai GLOVIS Europe’s own rail flows.
The company said the service provides direct access to northern France, with onward distribution to the Paris region by truck.
The figure refers to freight trains physically moving from one network to the other at designated junction stations.
China Railway said these changes are intended to improve efficiency and reduce overall logistics costs.
The first Zeebrugge–Italy train ran on 15 January, followed by the first Italy–Zeebrugge departure on 18 January.
The contract provides for four round trips per week and covers the transport of Mega trailers moved by rail on the core Türkiye–Slovakia axis, with onward connections to neighbouring countries.
The Swedish state-owned rail freight operator said the changes are intended to support long-term competitiveness.
NIAG Logistics resumes rail supply to Steag Iqony power plants
CargoBeamer has launched a new intermodal rail connection between Liège in Belgium and Domodossola in northern Italy. The route strengthens transalpine rail capacity at a time of structural change in Alpine freight flows.