By 2030 IKEA wants to reduce carbon emissions from every transport by an average of 70 percent for its land and ocean transportation.
More than one million tonnes of construction materials were transported by rail to the high-speed rail’s work sites across Buckinghamshire, taking the equivalent of 100,096 HGV journeys off local roads.
Around 30 railway CEOs accepted the invitation of Andreas Matthä, ÖBB CEO and President of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) to participate in a summit in Vienna.
General Manager and Chairman of UIRR: his views on the actual challenges in railway transport
Through the new cooperation, DB customers and passengers of Star Alliance member airlines will in the future be able to begin or end their journey in comfort on the climate-friendly train.
The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), as part of its effort to decarbonise freight transport by reducing the number of lorries on the road, has published a call for evidence on how to increase rail freight in the UK.
The DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts and the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems are working together with Stadler Germany to develop a battery system for passenger trains in the MOSENAS cooperation project. The battery systems can be specifically adapted to vehicle cycles, operating times, and existing charging infrastructure. This also optimizes the expected service life of the battery systems.
Since April 2021, 20 wagons loaded with segments for a highway tunnel have been rolling from Tyrol to Switzerland once a week. The total volume of the future-oriented end-to-end transport is 60,000 tonnes.
The European Union has decided to support 135 transport infrastructure key projects across the continent.
The company is building seven two-car Mireo Plus H trains powered by fuel cells for Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB). Switching from diesel to hydrogen on the Heidekrautbahn network (RB27) will reduce annual CO₂ emissions by around three million kilos and save 1.1 million liters of diesel.
Better connection and development of the European transport network, promotion of high-speed rail lines, and clean mobility. These are some of the issues of the upcoming Czech Presidency of the EU Council in transportation. The Czech Republic will also focus on autonomous transport and support of space activities.
Finances will create the conditions for a freight volume growth of 2 million tonnes, which corresponds to 10% of Green Cargo's total transport volume at present.
The two-way partnership allows Everysens to benefit from Shippeo’s large network of road and ocean carriers, providing high-quality shipment tracking data to rail and intermodal shippers and their customers. (Shippeo is a provider of global and multimodal shipment visibility, Everysens is a provider of rail and intermodal transport management systems).
Battery modules and cells from Hungary will be transported to Brussels by rail instead of by truck.
Rail is to become an integral part of DPD’s long-distance operations.
The firm is one of nine organizations showcased by Agoria, the Belgian federation of technology companies.
Project to reduce travel times by 70 percent to 25 from 80 minutes.
The study has shown more energy efficiency, more climate protection, and less energy dependency in this kind of transport.
KfW IPEX-Bank is financing new hybrid Siemens Vectron Dual Mode (VDM) locomotives for its long-standing customer RIVE Private Investment.
Rail freight, Green Deal and mobility were the main topics.