Latest news: Recent European railway news highlights significant infrastructure investments and operational shifts. Spain approved a EUR 62m rail freight terminal in Cantabria (SICAN, Adif) to boost intermodal transport. DB InfraGO announced major infrastructure renewal on Germany's Berlin–Hannover corridor, causing diversions. Forwardis secured the ScandFibre Rail27 contract, linking Sweden with continental Europe, while Green Cargo will operate Stockholm's Årsta terminal. Alpha Trains ordered 25 Stadler EURO6000 locomotives for Spanish freight and cross-border links. Great Britain's rail journeys surpassed pre-pandemic levels, aided by the Elizabeth Line.
Latest Railway News
Freight Rail
150 new wagons for Portebrook and GB Railfreight delivered
Lubomir Cech
August 14, 2023
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Freight Rail
An ASEAN freight rail link between Cambodia and Thailand launched
Lubomir Cech
August 14, 2023
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1 min read
Freight Rail
Boost for future freight: New rail-to-road interchange coming to Northampton
Marketa Horpeniakova
August 14, 2023
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Business
EP Logistics International acquires SGL-Schienen Güter Logistik
Lubomir Cech
August 14, 2023
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Freight Rail
New rail report challenges assumptions on freight trains length and safety
Marketa Horpeniakova
August 12, 2023
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2 min read
Business
TransLogistica Romania: Paving the Way for Innovation and Collaboration in the Rail Transport Sector
Lubomir Cech
August 11, 2023
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Freight Rail
A new Vietnam – China intermodal route launched
Lubomir Cech
August 11, 2023
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Infrastructure
Bad news for the transalpine rail traffic: Derailment inside the new Gotthard Basis Tunnel
Lubomir Cech
August 11, 2023
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2 min read
Passenger Rail
Big tender for new trains by Northern: up to 450 new units
Lubomir Cech
August 10, 2023
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2 min read
Infrastructure
Tunnel milestone: HS2's 'Florence' and 'Cecilia' reach Little Missenden
Marketa Horpeniakova
August 10, 2023
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2 min read
Business
Rinalds Pļavnieks is now the new chairman of the board of Latvian railways
Lubomir Cech
August 10, 2023
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Southwest Research Institute has launched a tool for the freight rail industry
Marketa Horpeniakova
August 9, 2023
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2 min read
Freight Rail
Combined transport in Europe down by almost 15% in Q2 2023, according to UIRR
Lubomir Cech
August 8, 2023
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Freight Rail
The first TransANT intermodal wagon for EUROWAGON has been produced
Lubomir Cech
August 8, 2023
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Freight Rail
Vollert's shunting robots boost rail loading capacity at Kazakhstan's largest coal mine
Marketa Horpeniakova
August 8, 2023
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2 min read
Business
Hitachi Rail wins €1.8bn contract for high-speed line between Verona and Padua
Karel Novak
August 8, 2023
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Freight Rail
Greenbrier Europe hands over the first new grain wagons for Eridon
Lubomir Cech
August 8, 2023
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