Latest news: Recent news highlights operational challenges and strategic shifts in European rail. Kombiverkehr reported a 13.5% decline in 2025 due to German infrastructure works, while German operator Helrom entered liquidation. A GSM-R radio failure halted trains nationwide in Germany for two hours. In positive developments, Italy's ANSFISA authorized 14 Alstom hydrogen trains for a 2027 launch in Lombardy. Cargo Center Graz launched a new intermodal service connecting Austria to Croatia's Rijeka Gateway. SBB Cargo Schweiz secured a major construction materials transport contract in Switzerland.
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Passenger Rail
Nordic Re-Finance leases 15 TMe locomotives to MÁV-START and MÁV Rail Tours
Lubomir Cech
June 5, 2024
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Infrastructure
Boost for intermodal freight transport: Terminali Italia joins Polo Logistica
Marketa Horpeniakova
June 5, 2024
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Rolling Stock
GATX Rail Europe Enters New Segment with New Automobile Carriers Wagons
Lubomir Cech
June 5, 2024
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Freight Rail
LORO: Lineas’ Solution to Ease Antwerp Port Traffic Congestion
Lubomir Cech
June 5, 2024
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Infrastructure
New Intermodal Terminal in Oradea Opened Ahead of Schedule
Lubomir Cech
June 4, 2024
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Business
DB completes sale of Arriva Group to I Squared Capital
Marketa Horpeniakova
June 4, 2024
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Freight Rail
Longer trains, higher risks: Study examines freight train derailments
Marketa Horpeniakova
June 4, 2024
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Rolling Stock
SPITZKE Acquires Ten New Locomotives from Vossloh Rolling Stock
Lubomir Cech
June 3, 2024
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Freight Rail
Tramesa Tests First Trailers Rail in Spain's New Rolling Stock Highways
Lubomir Cech
June 3, 2024
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Freight Rail
Hannibal boosts rail services with 12 additional weekly roundtrips
Marketa Horpeniakova
June 3, 2024
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Rolling Stock
Lineas Will Lease up to 20 Locomotives to Infrabel
Lubomir Cech
June 3, 2024
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Infrastructure
Severe Weather Disrupts Railway Operations in Northern Armenia
Lubomir Cech
June 3, 2024
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Freight Rail
GRAMPET Group Restructures Train Hungary Management After CEO Dismissal
Lubomir Cech
May 31, 2024
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