Latest news: A fatal rail crash near Bedford, UK, involving two East Midlands Railway services resulted in one death and many injuries, with investigations underway. Simultaneously, Poland unveiled a €144 billion plan for 4,700 km of new railways, including high-speed lines, with CPK and PKP PLK. In other news, Forwardis secured a major multi-year contract from ScandFibre Logistics for international freight between Sweden and over 20 European terminals. Spain approved a €62 million rail freight terminal in Cantabria (SICAN, Adif) to boost intermodal transport. Also, DB InfraGO began a significant infrastructure renewal on the Berlin–Hannover corridor in Germany.
Latest Railway News
Infrastructure
Siemens Mobility: €115 million for state-of-the-art factory
Karel Novak
March 5, 2024
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Freight Rail
Hector Rail: Slowness creates uncertainty for freight rail operators
Lubomir Cech
March 5, 2024
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3 min read
Freight Rail
Transnet Freight Rail will transport ammonia for Sasol
Lubomir Cech
March 4, 2024
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Rolling Stock
CRRC’s new diesel locomotives that will become a backbone for domestic freight services
Lubomir Cech
March 4, 2024
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2 min read
Business
Russia, China, Kazakhstan sign agreement on transport and logistics hub
Marketa Horpeniakova
March 4, 2024
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1 min read
Freight Rail
UZ grows in intermodal fleet by 500 platforms and develops its terminals
Lubomir Cech
March 4, 2024
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3 min read
Business
SNCF Group ended 2023 with a net profit of €1.3 billion
Lubomir Cech
March 4, 2024
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Koleje Śląskie order up to 30 new trains from Newag
Lubomir Cech
March 1, 2024
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2 min read
Business
DB: recruiting up to 1.000 university graduates for digital railway
Karel Novak
March 1, 2024
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3 min read
Infrastructure
Historic breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel
Karel Novak
March 1, 2024
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2 min read
Rolling Stock
Adif introduces a new auscultation train and expands the locomotive fleet
Marketa Horpeniakova
March 1, 2024
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2 min read
Business
Americold to establish first cold storage facility on CPKC rail network in Missouri
Lubomir Cech
February 29, 2024
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
300 new railcars for Baltimore, Chicago, and Philadelphia
Lubomir Cech
February 29, 2024
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3 min read
Freight Rail
EU Commission proposes a simplified definition of combined transport
Marketa Horpeniakova
February 29, 2024
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2 min read
Rolling Stock
CARGOUNIT signs framework agreement Siemens for up to 100 Vectron platform locomotives
Lubomir Cech
February 28, 2024
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Freight Rail
Innofreight, DB Cargo and Arcelor Mittal join forces in logistics for green steel production
Lubomir Cech
February 28, 2024
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