
VTG UK will replace its hopper fleet serving at Mendip Rail
Over 200 new hopper wagons are built at Greenbrier’s manufacturing facility in Poland and will enter service in 2024.
Over 200 new hopper wagons are built at Greenbrier’s manufacturing facility in Poland and will enter service in 2024.
The new container size is the biggest in China, and the 50-foot containers have a volume capacity of 50% more than the standard 40-foot containers.
The facility is equipped with advanced technology to improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of rail freight maintenance and operations.
The Swiss cross-Alpine operator will add ten more Siemens Vectron locomotives with improved traction for pulling heavier trains across the Alps.
After a long selection process, Spanish state-owned rail freight carrier Renfe Mercancías selected its strategic partner to create a JV where all assets and employees will be moved.
This comprehensive program, the largest since the railway reform of 1994, aims to revitalize the nation's railway network and stations, enhancing punctuality and aligning transport policies for passengers and freight.
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and global shipping company MSC agreed on a strategic partnership. MSC will take over 49.9% of Hamburger Hafen und Logistic AG (HHLA) shares.
With significant investment and ambitious plans for high-speed rail, this development promises to revolutionize transport in the Valencia Region, facilitating efficient connections between Valencia and Alicante and boosting passenger and freight transport.
A consortium of Contargo, SFI GmbH and the Ziegler Group will operate the new bimodal container terminal in the Danube port of Straubing-Sand near Regensburg from the second quarter of 2025.
The new agreement between the Argentinian Ministry of Transport and three agricultural business companies, Trenes Argentinos Cargas will get funding to modernise four locomotives and purchase 180 new wagons.
Combined transport provider CargoBeamer has increased frequency on the Domodossola – Kaldenkirchen route and expanded its terminal northwest of Milan.
The second largest freight terminal in Norway, the Bergen Nygårdstangen terminal, was opened after remodelling, allowing it to double its capacity and make it the first “green” terminal in Norway.
The financing is structured as a Green Loan, and EUROWAGON will lease the intermodal wagons to its customers, mainly in Western Europe.
California High-Speed Rail Authority is calling for requests for qualifications from rolling stock manufacturers to deliver six high-speed trains.
Up to 500 new and overhauled bogies will be the output of a newly-opened bogie centre that French Alstom opened in the Kazakh city of Astana.
Fenniarail, one of few Finnish rail freight carriers, has its first Vectron locomotive produced in Siemens’s Munich-Allach facility. This locomotive is the first privately owned electric locomotive in Finland.
While the renovation of one section of the narrow-gauge railway line from the Kenyan border to the capital of Uganda draws to an end, another new section of railway rehabilitation was awarded to the Chinese contractor.
The US passenger rail operator, Amtrak, has executed an option to order 10 additional Airo trainsets, raising the total number of Airo trainsets on order to 83.
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The project aims to transform the terminal into a strategic logistics hub for freight traffic on the Mediterranean and Atlantic corridors.